Walkie-talkies, e-waste hard disks imported from China worth ?9 cr seized at Navi Mumbai port

A father-son duo, owners of two Mumbai firms that had imported these goods without due permissions, have been arrested under the Customs Act, an official release said on Saturday. Based on specific intelligence, a team of DRI officials seized Baofeng BF-888S walkie-talkies of ?2.5 crore, and second-hand HDDs (considered e-waste) valued at ?6.75 crore. The banned items were concealed among miscellaneous electronic products valued at ?21 crore. The entire consignment of ?30.25 crore from eight containers shipped from China was seized for misdeclaration, officials said. The Baofeng BF-888S walkie-talkies have been blacklisted by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for operating…