The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized more than 362 metric tonnes of Pakistan-origin dry dates under Operation Deep Manifest.
The Ministry of Finance informed that acting on specific intelligence, DRI officers intercepted 13 containers of dry dates. It added that the consignments had arrived from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The dry dates were initially shipped from Karachi Port, Pakistan, to Jebel Ali Port, UAE, in one set of containers aboard one vessel.
The Ministry said that following the Pahalgam terror attack, the Government in the interest of national security, imposed a complete prohibition on the direct or indirect import or transit of all goods originating in or exported from Pakistan, with effect from 2nd of May last year.
Under Operation Deep Manifest, DRI has been consistently identifying, intercepting and seizing Pakistan-origin goods attempted to be imported into India through third-country routing.
