New Delhi, May 21 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 3,00,000 electronic cigarettes and vapes worth Rs 120 crore in a major crackdown on an e-cigarettes (vapes) smuggling racket operating across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, and West Bengal. According to the Ministry of Finance, the widespread enforcement operations targeted multiple ports, airports, and Inland Container Depots (ICDs) over the last few days to block the illegal import of prohibited nicotine products.

The anti-smuggling agency, working under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, intercepted the incoming supply chains after tracking shipments that local handlers attempted to slip through the customs network.

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