The Goan Network
PANAJI
At least half-a-dozen officials of the Goa Commissionerate of Customs and Central Excise were quizzed and their statements recorded by the Mumbai team of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday in connection with the seizure of over Rs 4 crores worth of imported cigarettes.
The team has also taken in to possession CCTV footage from a popular Panaji restaurant where the errant customers used to meet and the private parties involved in the smuggling
racket. Two parties, one from Goa and another from Kerala, have been identified as the beneficiaries of the racket.
On Wednesday, the DRI team had seized over Rs 4 crores worth of foreign cigarettes following raids at several places including the Miramar residence of Asst Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Mahesh Desai.
Godowns in Dhargalim and Dabolim airport were raided.
