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Rajulapudi Srinivas

Cigarettes worth ₹1.11 crore seized in Vijayawada

In a joint operation, officials of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) of Vijayawada and Guntur seized 16.20 lakh cigarettes worth about ₹1.11 crore on Saturday.

The Vijayawada Central Anti-Evasion Team, under the supervision of Commissioner Sadhu Narasimha Reddy, intercepted a transport vehicle and seized the cigarettes. The stocks were being shifted from Bihar to Andhra Pradesh.

In the invoice, the accused mentioned that 60 cartons of cigarettes, worth about ₹4.37 lakh were being transported but, during verification, about 16.20 lakh cigarettes of two brands, packed in 150 cartons, valued at ₹1.11 crore including Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) and compensation cess were found, said Joint Commissioner B. Lakshmi Narayana and Assistant Commissioner P. Ravi Kumar, in a release issued on Saturday.

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