6 days ago
Customs officials seize e-cigarettes in Coimbatore
Air Customs officials, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Coimbatore International Airport, seized commercial quantities of electronic cigarettes worth ₹20 lakh, 3,240 sticks of Gold Flake Honey Dew cigarettes, and Esse Special Gold cigarettes from a passenger who arrived at the airport on June 21 from Abu Dhabi by Flight 6E - 1498.
The cigarettes were concealed in the checked in baggage and the officials also seized commercial quantities of i-phone 16 Pro Max 256 GB, i-phone 14 Pro Max 128 GB, i watch and i pad Pro 13 256 GB.
As per the 'Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes(Production, Manufacture, Import, Export Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage & Advertisement) Act, 2019, all forms of use and transaction in e-cigarettes is banned. The passenger was interrogated and the offending goods were detained by the Customs authorities for action under the Customs Act, 1962.
