DRI seizes 3646 undeclared iPhone handsets at Mumbai airport
Mumbai Nov 28 PTI The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI seized consignments of 3646 latest models of iPhones suspected to be smuggled into the country from Hong Kong at the Air Cargo Complex ACC at the international airport here officials said on Sunday In the import documents accompanying these two consignments the goods were declared as memory cards Their physical examination on Friday revealed that the consignments actually contained 2245 handsets of iPhone 13 Pro 1401 handsets of iPhone 13 Pro Max 12 handsets of Google Pixel 6 pro and one Apple Smart Watch collectively valued at Rs 4286 crore The above-mentioned mobile phones and the Apple smart watch were not declared in the imported goods under the Customs Act The declared value of these goods was only Rs 80 lakh The detection of attempted smuggling of these high-end phones of the latest models in such large numbers shows how quickly the smugglers establish their smuggling networks for the latest products like iPhone 13 an official release said This detection has helped unearth a serious import fraud having substantial revenue implications it added PTI ZA NSK NSK
Mumbai Nov 28 PTI The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI seized consignments of 3646 latest models of iPhones suspected to be smuggled into the country from Hong Kong at the Air Cargo Complex ACC at the international airport here officials said on Sunday In the import documents accompanying these two consignments the goods were declared as memory cards Their physical examination on Friday revealed that the consignments actually contained 2245 handsets of iPhone 13 Pro 1401 handsets of iPhone 13 Pro Max 12 handsets of Google Pixel 6 pro and one Apple Smart Watch collectively valued at Rs 4286 crore The above-mentioned mobile phones and the Apple smart watch were not declared in the imported goods under the Customs Act The declared value of these goods was only Rs 80 lakh The detection of attempted smuggling of these high-end phones of the latest models in such large numbers shows how quickly the smugglers establish their smuggling networks for the latest products like iPhone 13 an official release said This detection has helped unearth a serious import fraud having substantial revenue implications it added PTI ZA NSK NSK
