DRI Bulletin Apr-Sept 2024

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IPR, HEALTH

AND SAFETY

CIGARETTES

Apart from the Myanmar- India border, the smuggling

syndicates based in South East Asia and the Middle East

carry out major operations through sea route. Free Trade

Warehousing Zones in the Middle East are emerging as a

major transit point from where cigarette- concealed

consignments are shipped to India. Though illicit cigarettes

are reportedly manufactured in certain South East Asian

countries, it appears that the consignments are initially

shipped to Dubai from southeast Asia and then re-routed

to India.

There has been a sharp uptick in the number of cases of

seizure of contraband cigarettes recently, including in

regions close to the porous Indo-Myanmar border. Major

seizures were efected in the cities of Chennai, Shillong,

Guwahati, Mumbai, Cochin and Aizawl. A majority of the

cigarette consignments were smuggled through the sea

routes followed by land and air routes.

DRI seized 27.78 lakh foreign origin cigarette sticks con-

cealed beneath baby diapers in a 20ft container at ICD

Whiteﬁeld on April 24, 2024. The case also involved IPR

infringement.

3.31 cr sticks

22 Cases (up to September)

2023

3.95 cr sticks

91 Cases (up to September)

2024

CIGARETTE SEIZURES

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