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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Thoothukudi, has arrested 4 individuals and seized ₹5 crore worthy Chinese firecrackers that were illegally imported from the Ningbo larboard successful China.
According to authoritative sources, during an inspection astatine a instrumentality freight presumption successful Thoothukudi, DRI officials discovered ₹2.5 crore worthy of Chinese firecrackers wrong a instrumentality connected Tuesday (October 14, 2025). A akin seizure worthy different ₹2.5 crore was made the pursuing day, Wednesday (October 15, 2025), bringing the full worth of confiscated goods to ₹5 crore. The restricted firecrackers had been smuggled into the state nether the guise of engineering tools and carts.
Following further investigations, the DRI squad arrested 4 individuals connected Friday (October 17, 2025), successful Thoothukudi, who had been hiding successful the metropolis to retrieve the goods. They were identified arsenic J. Michael Jacob (36) of Mumbai and a autochthonal of Thoothukudi, who had acceptable up a concern locally to get import and export codes, J. Soosai Manikkam (43) of Thoothukudi, Vikas Dubey (53) and M. Dhasharath Kokhre (43) of Mumbai.
The accused were produced earlier Judicial Magistrate, Thoothukudi, connected the aforesaid time and were remanded successful judicial custody astatine Central prison, Palayamkottai. The seized goods were handed implicit to the Thoothukudi Customs Department.
