The Delhi Customs (Preventive) plans to dispose off 8 million foreign origin cigarettes sticks valued at ₹10.06 crore as part of Special Campaign 3.0, a finance ministry official said.
The move involves 7.6 million sticks of foreign origin cigarettes worth ₹9.38 crore seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and 0.4 million sticks of foreign origin cigerettess worth ₹68 lakh seized by the Delhi Customs Preventive, which are Ripe for Disposal, by way of destruction, the ministry said.
The disposal will take place in a waste management facility in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, which is authorised by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) according to the Disposal Manual, 2019.
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The cigarettes were seized as these violated the provisions of Customs Act 1962 and also contravened provisions of Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008.