The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths today seized a consignment of cigarettes made in Myanmar worth Rs 68 lakh from a parcel van of a train at Patna railway junction, official sources said.
Acting on a tip off, the DRI sleuths raided the New Delhi-bound 12505 North-East Express and seized 17 bundles of cigarettes bearing Made in Myanmar mark from the train's parcel van, officials said.
The Myanmar-made consignment of cigarettes was booked by a supplier at Raniaganj junction in Assam for receipt by a man in Delhi, they said.
The DRI has asked Railway authorities to furnish documents related to booking of the consignment after the train's guard failed to provide those papers for scrutiny, the officials added.
