Chennai:
Goods worth Rs 5.20 crore which were smuggled through containers
brought through Chennai Port were seized and a man was arrested by the
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).
Based on intelligence inputs, DRI officials tracked two 40 feet import
laden containers shipped from Malaysia to Chennai Port by an importer.
These containers were used to smuggle items bearing high customs duty
such as cigarettes, high profit margin goods such as consumer
electronics, air conditioners cosmetics food supplements for muscle or
body building.
These items were concealed behind the declared goods in order to evade
customs duty. “They were stacked in such a way that they cannot be
easily detected during the normal course of verification by customs,”
said DRI.
The items include 19,50,000 sticks of Indonesian Clove cigarettes of
Djarum Black brand, LED TV sets of Sony, LG brand, home theatre
system, air conditioners of Panasonic brand, DVD home theatre systems,
dove soaps, French perfumes, food supplements and protien and muscle
building food supplements. DRI has arrested one Mathivanan and
remanded to judicial custody for the offence inolved in smuggling of
contraband under the provisions of the Customs act, 1962. Further
investigations are on.
Goods worth Rs 5.20 crore which were smuggled through containers
brought through Chennai Port were seized and a man was arrested by the
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).
Based on intelligence inputs, DRI officials tracked two 40 feet import
laden containers shipped from Malaysia to Chennai Port by an importer.
These containers were used to smuggle items bearing high customs duty
such as cigarettes, high profit margin goods such as consumer
electronics, air conditioners cosmetics food supplements for muscle or
body building.
These items were concealed behind the declared goods in order to evade
customs duty. “They were stacked in such a way that they cannot be
easily detected during the normal course of verification by customs,”
said DRI.
The items include 19,50,000 sticks of Indonesian Clove cigarettes of
Djarum Black brand, LED TV sets of Sony, LG brand, home theatre
system, air conditioners of Panasonic brand, DVD home theatre systems,
dove soaps, French perfumes, food supplements and protien and muscle
building food supplements. DRI has arrested one Mathivanan and
remanded to judicial custody for the offence inolved in smuggling of
contraband under the provisions of the Customs act, 1962. Further
investigations are on.
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