The Paradip Model police seized a large quantity of smuggled foreign cigarettes from a foreign ship bound from Paradip port area and arrested four accused, IIC Rajni Kant Mishra told mediapersons.
According to police sources, a large bus carrying a large number of cartoons from Paradip to West Bengal was waylaid near Jagannath Colony near the Jagannath Temple at around 10 pm on September 27 by police during a raid.
Poilce found foreign cigarettes worth Rs 3 lakh. The question arises is how so many cigarettes came from the port restricted area within 24-hour tight security system, breaking through the security zone of the port area. The CISF, which is in charge of security, has come under scanner.