Mumbai Police seizes 384 e-cigarettes and 2,880 pods worth Rs 42 lakh; one held

Mumbai Police on Sunday said that it has seized 384 ecigarettes and 2880 pods worth Rs 42 lakh in Kalbadevis Chira Bazaar and arrested one person in connection with the matterAccording to the police the operation was conducted by the Property Cell of the Mumbai Polices Crime BranchDuring the operation the Property Cell seized a large quantity of prohibited JUUL ecigarettes in the Chira Bazaar areaThe operation took place near the Chira Bazaar bus stop on JSS Road said an officialThe police said that during a routine patrol police officers stopped a suspicious person and conducted a searchThe searches revealed384 JUUL devices ecigarettes worth Rs 2304000JUUL pods worth Rs 1800000one black ebike worth Rs 100000 an official saidThe total value of the seized items is Rs 4204000 the official saidAction under prohibition lawFollowing the seizure the police registered a case under The Prohibition of ecigarettes Act 2019 The case has been filed at LT Marg Police Station under sections 3 4 and 7 of the ActThe investigation is ongoing by the Property Cell Crime Branch MumbaiPolice credit leadership and teamThe successful operation was carried out under the guidance of senior Mumbai Police officials and the team that made the seizures was led by Raj Tilak Raushan Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime Branch Detection along with Sadanand Rane Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime BranchThe key officers involved in the operation included Police Inspector Mangesh Desai Police Inspector Dada Gaikwad Senior Police Inspector Prataprao Bandgar Police Constable Tushar Sawant Police Constable Vinod Padman Police Constable Tambe Police SubInspector Kolekar Police SubInspector Gadhve Police Constable Babar Police Constable Burde officials saidDRI Mumbai foils courier gold smuggling seizes Rs 289 croreMeanwhilein a significant breakthrough against organised gold smuggling the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI Mumbai foiled a novel attempt to illegally import gold into the country through an international courier channelActing on specific intelligence DRI officers seized 1815 kg of foreignorigin gold valued at approximately Rs 289 crore from a courier consignment that arrived at the International Courier Terminal ICT Mumbai from Riyadh Saudi ArabiaAccording to officials the consignment was declared as a household appliance and contained a meatgrinding machine However a detailed examination of the parcel raised suspicion prompting DRI officers to carry out a thorough inspection Upon dismantling the meat grinder and breaking open its internal gear mechanism officers recovered 32 cut pieces of gold of varying sizes that had been ingeniously concealed within the gear assemblyThe concealment method was designed to evade conventional scanning and detection processes at courier terminalsThe total quantity of gold recovered weighed 1815 grams