Principal Additional Director General of the DRI Debi Prasad Dash said the goods were mis-declared as medical equipment for disabled persons and as bicycle parts. As per norms, the import of fire crackers is restricted.
The fire crackers can be imported only against a license issued by the Chief Controller of Explosives. The fire crackers had been imported by a Punjab-based importer allegedly using a dummy import-export code in connivance with a Delhi-based customs broker. Both of them were arrested, Dash said.