Smuggling of gold, cigarettes, liquor surges amid COVID

New Delhi, July 15 Gold, cigarettes and liquor were among high tax items which topped the list of smuggled goods across India amid the current coronavirus crisis that has led to economic distress.

Smuggling of these goods not only registered a sharp spike amid the pandemic but also smugglers, interestingly, used innovative measures like ferrying illegal cigarettes in COVID-19 special trains.

Revealing the fact based on a study of seizure of such smuggled items, FICCI's Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy

( With inputs from IANS )