Mizoram: Assam Rifles seizes foreign-origin cigarettes worth 2.80 crores at Champhai

Sep 28, 2025

In a joint operation with the Mizoram Police, Assam Rifles has recovered 146 cases of contraband cigarettes from Tlangsam in Mizoram's Champhai district.

Assam Rifles seizes contraband cigarettes worth Rs 52 lakh in Mizoram's Champhai

Nov 09, 2025

Acting on specific intelligence inputs about the movement of illicit goods along the Indo-Myanmar border region, Assam Rifles personnel launched an operation and intercepted...

Tripura: BSF seizes contraband worth Rs 3 cr; foreign brand cigarettes, mobile displays recovered

May 03, 2025

As many as 150 cartons consisting 15 lakhs pieces of foreign brand cigarettes worth Rs 2.82 crore were seized by the BSF quick reaction...

Smugglers adapt to changing dynamics of pandemic, start novel way of ops: DRI report

Dec 05, 2022

In the report, a chapter -- Smuggling: Emerging trends during the pandemic -- provides a bird's eye view of the overall trends which have...

Study reveals e-cigarette users experience vascular damage similar to that of smokers of combustible cigarettes

Apr 29, 2020

Washington D.C. [USA], April 29 : An eye-opening study for those who have switched their traditional cigarettes to e-cigarettes advocates that using e-cigarettes damages...

Delhi Customs seize e-cigarettes worth Rs 2.40 cr in Patparganj

May 03, 2024

The E-Cigarettes were concealed in the garb of hair accessories. Import of e-cigarettes is prohibited under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (PMIETSDSA) Act, 2019.