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DRI Seizes 60,000 Kg Smuggled Areca Nuts in Major Northeast Crackdown; 5 Arrested
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized nearly 60,000 kilograms of smuggled foreign-origin areca nuts in two major operations carried out in the Northeast region over the past week, officials said on Saturday.The operations were conducted by the DRI’s Guwahati Zonal Unit across...
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