The Regional Revenue and Customs office in Phuentsholing confiscated cigarettes worth Nu. 31,000 on Monday morning. The product was intercepted at the Rinchending check post loaded on one of the public transport buses travelling to Thimphu. It was hidden inside a box used to pack fish.
The driver of the bus had stated that the box with the cigarettes was loaded without his knowledge. The Customs have therefore confiscated the products and reported the matter to the Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency for further course of action.
This is the third tobacco case confiscated by the Phuentsholing Customs this month.
