Delhi Customs Preventive Zone destroys 328 kg narcotic drugs, along with 80.2 lakhs sticks of foreign origin cigarettes, worth Rs. 294 crore in New Delhi under Special Campaign 3.0

As part of Special Campaign 3.0 of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Ministry of Finance, the Customs Preventive Zone, Delhi, destroyed 328 kg narcotic substances, valued at Rs 284 crore, and 80.2 lakh sticks of foreign origin cigarettes, worth Rs 9.85 crore, in safe and non-hazardous manner in the presence of Secretary, D/o Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Chairman, CBIC; and Member (Compliance Management), CBIC, in New Delhi today.

The Revenue Secretary; CBIC Chairman; and CBIC Member (Compliance Management), and other senior officials of the Ministry of Finance also conducted an on-site inspection of the illegal goods before commencing its destruction.

In his address on the occasion, Revenue Secretary Shri Sanjay Malhotra stated that destruction of illegal goods is a continuous process being undertaken by the Customs department outside of the Special Campaign as well, however, the Special campaign has given a boost to this process.