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The reported seizures are only the tip of the gigantic iceberg, of a much larger operation, as for every seizure multiple consignments escape surveillance. This is evidenced by the widespread availability of smuggled cigarettes across the country.
Sl. | Date of Report | Place | Date of Seizure | Number of Sticks/Boxes/Cases/ Packets Seized | Enforcement Agency | Source |
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February 19, 2024 | Mizoram | February 19 | 14 Cases | Assam Rifles | ANI [1] | |
January 21, 2024 | New Delhi | January 20 | 12.22L Sticks | Custom Officials | The Indian Express [2] | |
January 15, 2024 | Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh | January 14 | 40.68L Sticks | Custom Officials | The New Indian Express [3] | |
January 15, 2024 | Mumbai | Not given | 67.20L Sticks | DRI | Hindustan Times [4] | |
January 14, 2024 | Mizoram | Not given | 39 Cases | Assam Rifles | India Today NE [5] | |
January 13, 2024 | Mizoram | Not given | 95 Cases | Assam Rifles | India Today NE [6] | |
January 10, 2024 | Aizawl | Not given | 20 Cases | Assam Rifles | The Statesman [7] | |
January 1, 2024 | Mumbai | December 29 | 15.66L Sticks | DRI | The New Indian Express [8] | |
December 29, 2023 | Navi Mumbai | December 28 | 33.92L Sticks | DRI | Free Press Journal [9] | |
December 28, 2023 | Guwahati | December 27 | 1.16L Sticks | Railway Police | GPlus [10] | |
December 25, 2023 | Mizoram | Not given | 109 Cases | Assam Rifles | India Today NE [11] | |
December 10, 2023 | Mumbai | December 4 | 86.30L Sticks | DRI | The Times of India [12] | |
December 8, 2023 | Vijayawada | December 5 | 72L Sticks | Police | The Times of India [13] | |
December 4, 2023 | Visakhapatnam | Not given | 18L Sticks | Police | The Times of India [14] | |
December 4, 2023 | Guwahati | December 2 | 5.3L Sticks | Railway Protection Force | The Sentinel [15] | |
November 25, 2023 | Ahmedabad | November 24 | 80.10L Sticks | DRI | The Indian Express [16] | |
November 21, 2023 | Champhai, Mizoram | November 20 | 6 Cases | Assam Rifles | ANI [17] | |
November 9, 2023 | Guwahati | Not given | 800 Packets | Railway Police | The Assam Tribune [18] | |
October 16, 2023 | Mumbai | Not given | 63.6L Sticks | DRI | The Times of India [19] | |
September 28, 2023 | Mizoram | September 28 | - | Assam Rifles, Customs | AlwaysFirst [20] | |
September 3, 2023 | Mundra Port, Gujarat | September 3 | 32.5L Sticks | DRI | ANI [21] | |
August 29, 2023 | Vijayawada | August 27 | 75 Boxes | Police | The New Indian Express [22] | |
August 18, 2013 | Guwahati | August 16 | 4.26L Sticks | Customs | The Sentinels [23] | |
August 3, 2023 | Mizoram | August 2 | - | Assam Rifles | The Sentinel [24] | |
August 1, 2023 | Guwahati | July 31 | - | Customs | Assam Tribune [25] | |
August 1, 2023 | Mizoram | July 31 | 39 Cases | Assam Rifles | The Sentinel [26] | |
July 25, 2023 | Faridabad | July 24 | 0.51L Packets | Police | Dainik Bhaskar [27] | |
July 16, 2023 | Guwahati | July 15 | 62 Cases | Assam Rifles | NDTV [28] | |
July 12, 2023 | Nagaland | July 11 | 1000 Packets | Assam Rifles | Nagaland Post [29] | |
July 8, 2023 | Hyderabad | Not given | - | Police | Deccan Chronicle [30] | |
July 7, 2023 | Mizoram | July 6 | 300 Cases/36 Cartons | Assam Rifles | ANI [31] | |
June 26, 2023 | Mizoram | June 26 | - | Assam Rifles | India Today NE [32] | |
June 9, 2023 | Mizoram | June 8 | 24 Cases | Assam Rifles | The Sentinel [33] | |
June 1, 2023 | Mizoram | June 1 | 54.3L Sticks | DRI | [Tweet - CBIC] [34] | |
May 29, 2023 | Indore | Not given | - | Police | Free Press Journal [35] | |
May 21, 2023 | Pune | May 19 | - | Customs | The Indian Express [36] | |
May 15, 2023 | Mumbai | Not given | 102L Sticks | DRI | The Daily Guardian [37] | |
May 9, 2023 | New Delhi | May 9 | 1.4L Sticks | Customs | Tweet - Customs (Preventive) Delhi [38] | |
May 6, 2023 | Champhai, Assam | May 4 | - | Assam Rifles | The Sentinel [39] | |
May 6, 2023 | Hyderabad | May 3 | 4.50L Sticks | Police | Telangana Today [40] | |
April 30, 2023 | Delhi | April 28 | - | Police | Dainik Bhaskar [41] | |
April 21, 2023 | Mizoram | April 20 | 200 Cases | Assam Rifles | NorthEast Now [42] | |
April 18, 2023 | Champhai Distt., Mizoram | Not given | 51 Cases | Assam Rifles | NorthEast Now [43] | |
April 17, 2023 | Vijayawada | April 17 | 31L Sticks | Customs | Tweet - Customs_Vijayawada [44] | |
April 10, 2023 | Chandel Distt., Manipur | April 9 | 21 Cartons | Assam Rifles | NorthEast Now [45] | |
April 3, 2023 | Cachar Distt., Assam | Not given | - | Police | Pratidin Time [46] | |
March 15, 2023 | Mizoram | March 14 | 60 Cases | Assam Rifles | Assam Rifles [47] | |
March 12, 2023 | Mizoram | March 10 | 70 Cases | Assam Rifles | Northeast Now [48] | |
March 6, 2023 | Amritsar, Punjab | March 5 | 2.4L Sticks | Customs | ABP News [49] | |
February 16, 2023 | Champhai, Mizoram | February 14 | 65 Cases | Assam Rifles | The Daily Guardian [50] | |
February 12, 2023 | Visakhapatnam | February 10 | 3.89L Sticks | Customs | The Times of India [51] | |
February 2, 2023 | Guwahati | February 1 | 77 Cases | Assam Rifles | GPlus [52] | |
January 26, 2023 | Silchar | Not given | - | DRI | The Sentinel [53] | |
January 17, 2023 | Champhai, Mizoram | January 16 | 110 Cases | Customs & Assam Rifel | ANI [54] | |
January 14, 2023 | Raipur, Chhattisgarh | Not given | 30L Sticks | DRI | The Daily Guardian [55] | |
January 2, 2023 | Viajayawada | January 2 | 30L Sticks | Customs | [Tweet - CGST Customs] [56] | |
January 1, 2023 | Aizawl | December 31 | - | Assam Rifles | Northeast Now [57] | |
December 18, 2022 | Surat, Gujarat | Not given | 1.96L Sticks | DRI | Ahmedabad Mirror [58] | |
December 14, 2022 | Rajasthan | Not given | 2.64L Sticks | DGGI | News18 [59] | |
December 8, 2022 | Howrah | December 7 | 70 Boxes | Customs | Etv West Bengal [60] | |
December 3, 2022 | Ahmedabad | Not given | 3.6L Sticks | DRI | The Times of India [61] | |
December 1, 2022 | Prayagraj | November 30 | - | Police | Hindustan Times [62] |
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