DRI's Operation Filter Out seizes over 73 lakh smuggled cigarettes in Mizoram
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), under 'Operation Filter Out', seized 36.2 lakh sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes and 300 foreign-origin quilts at Kanhmun, Mizoram, on 21 November 2025, arresting two persons.
Summary
DRI's Operation Filter Out continued on 22 November 2025 with the seizure of another 37.5 lakh sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes in Lunglei, Mizoram, and the arrest of one person. Together, the two seizures came to 73.7 lakh cigarette sticks.
Key facts
- Agency
- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
- Operation
- Operation Filter Out
- 21 Nov 2025
- Kanhmun, Mizoram – 36.2 lakh cigarette sticks + 300 quilts; 2 arrested
- 22 Nov 2025
- Lunglei, Mizoram – 37.5 lakh cigarette sticks; 1 arrested
Practice MCQs 2 questions
'Operation Filter Out', under which large quantities of foreign-origin cigarettes were seized in November 2025, was conducted by:
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Correct answer: B — Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized foreign-origin cigarettes under Operation Filter Out.
The seizures under DRI's 'Operation Filter Out' at Kanhmun and Lunglei in November 2025 took place in which state?
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Correct answer: D — Mizoram
Both seizures — Kanhmun (21 Nov) and Lunglei (22 Nov) — were in Mizoram.