Indian Customs officials detained a Comoros-flagged vessel, WIV Reyfa, with nearly 310 containers of dry fruit consignments originating from Bandar Abbas port in Iran at Mumbai’s Nhava Sheva port on suspicion of the origin of the consignments being mis-declared. The detention, for nearly a fortnight, follows specific information of the mis-declaration of origin of the produce received by the Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Though the port of loading for all containers has been given as Bandar Abbas, Indian officials questioned the crew for more details. A circular issued by the Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Customs Department said one person has been arrested in this connection, and till now, the investigation has revealed duty evasion to the tune of Rs 50 crore, as per a report.
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