Under Section 110 of which Act were the smuggled cigarettes and the truck seized?
- A.Customs Act, 1962
- B.Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
- C.Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
- D.Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Customs Act, 1962. Section 110 of that Act lets a customs officer seize goods believed liable to confiscation, and it was used to take the 43.2 lakh foreign-origin cigarettes and the truck carrying them in Mizoram. Option D names the law the packets also offended, since they carried none of the pictorial and health warnings the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 makes compulsory, but the seizure itself was made under the customs provision, so D is wrong. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 applies to narcotic and psychotropic substances, not tobacco, so option B is wrong. The Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 deals with indirect tax on supply within the country rather than smuggled imports, so option C is wrong.
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Practice Questions
What was the value of the foreign-origin cigarettes seized by the DRI in Mizoram?
- A.Rs 6.48 crore
- B.Rs 8.64 crore
- C.Rs 12.30 crore
- D.Rs 4.32 crore
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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence put that value on the 43.2 lakh foreign-origin cigarette sticks it seized in Mizoram, a haul of 432 cases of the Patron brand recovered from a truck.
Read the full explanation →At which Mizoram village was the truck carrying the smuggled cigarettes intercepted?
- A.Tuirial
- B.Champhai
- C.Zokhawthar
- D.Lengpui
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Officers of the Aizawl Regional Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence mounted surveillance along the Champhai-Aizawl Road and stopped the truck at Tuirial village, where a search produced 432 cases containing 43.2 lakh cigarette sticks of the Patron brand worth Rs 8.64 crore.
Read the full explanation →Which method of concealment was used to disguise the smuggled gold as something other than gold?
- A.Gold wires coated with rhodium
- B.Gold coins sewn into shoe soles
- C.Gold dust mixed with tea leaves
- D.Gold sheets hidden in book covers
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The investigation found that the carriers drew the metal into thin wires and gave them a rhodium coating, which hides the colour of gold, and the same passengers also fitted gold into the inner linings of their trolley bags and carried gold paste inside the inner shells of those bags.
Read the full explanation →In which Gujarat city did the syndicate run its illegal gold-melting facility?
- A.Surat
- B.Vadodara
- C.Rajkot
- D.Gandhinagar
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After the gold reached India it was handed over to handlers outside the airports, routed through intermediaries and taken to an illegal melting facility in that city; the melted metal was then supplied to a jewellery shop in Ahmedabad and sold against cash.
Read the full explanation →Under which law were the three persons arrested in the DRI's Gujarat gold smuggling case?
- A.The Customs Act, 1962
- B.The NDPS Act, 1985
- C.The Gold Control Act, 1968
- D.The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
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Gold brought into the country without declaration and without payment of duty is smuggled goods, so the three arrests in this case, which covered dealings in 13.017 kg of foreign-origin gold valued at about Rs 19.41 crore, were made under that Act.
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