JAMMU: Continuing with its drive against tax evaders, GRP Jammu’s Police Post Vijaypur on Sunday seized unclaimed cigarettes worth Rs 13 lakh.
It is worthwhile to mention that Gold Flake Super Cigarettes costing around Rs 32 per packet in J and K whereas in rest of the country the packet costs Rs 40. Due to this difference, these cigarettes are being smuggled outside the State bypassing the tax system.
The seizure has been made by In-charge Railway Police Post Vijaypur. As per Commercial Taxes Officers, total penalty would be around Rs 10 lakh as and when the claimants turned up.