60K cigarettes, medical equipment confiscated

Amritsar, July 30
Officials of the Customs Department seized a huge quantity of cigarettes and medical equipment from passengers at Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International (SGRDJI) airport here on Monday evening.
On advance passenger information system (APIS) profiling basis, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate, Amritsar, intercepted two passengers who had arrived at the airport on July 29 from Sharjah by an Indigo flight (6E1428). The checking of his luggage led to recovery of 30,000 sticks of cigarettes from each passenger totalling to 60,000 sticks of cigarettes valued at ~10, 20,000.
The nabbed passengers have been identified as Yasir and Sabudin. The smuggled cigarettes have been seized under relevant provisions of the Customs Act, 1962. Further investigation is under way.
Similarly, the AIU of the Customs Department seized medical equipment in commercial quantity having high market value. On APIS profiling basis, officers of AIU intercepted a passenger who had arrived from Sharjah by an Indigo flight (6E1428). During their search, the AIU officials seized 39 pieces of aspiration catheter and 11 pieces of heart valve.
The suspected goods have been seized under relevant provisions of the Customs Act, 1962. The exact value of the specialised medical equipment is yet to be ascertained by the authorities. Further investigation is under process, said Customs Department officials. — TNS