Mumbai: The Nhava Sheva Customs has intercepted a 400ft container importing banned e-cigarettes in the guise of household merchandise. Officials of the Special Intelligence and Investigation Branch (SIIB) of Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House, Nhava Sheva, based on intelligence intercepted an import container misdeclared as water bottles, magnetic buttons and belt buckles.
The physical examination of the suspect container led to seizure of 45,686 units of e-cigarettes worth Rs3 crore market value, concealed in the consignment of regular household items. Import of e-cigarettes is prohibited under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019.
