New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized more than 362 metric tonnes of Pakistan-origin dry dates under 'Operation Deep Manifest' during an enforcement drive targeting illicit trade conduits.

Acting on specific actionable intelligence, operational teams intercepted 13 cargo containers carrying the consignments at CFS Ambad in Nashik, which a Mumbai-based commercial entity imported.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the shipments arrived via Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates, accompanied by import clearance paperwork that falsely declared the UAE as the sovereign country of origin.

Official findings revealed that the commercial consignment moved through a deliberate routing network designed to ...