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Amritsar has emerged as a major hotspot for counterfeit cigarette smuggling, with customs officials seizing more than 225,000 fake cigarettes worth roughly ₹38 lakh at Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji International Airport in back-to-back operations. The seized counterfeit cigarettes — made in Cambodia and routed via Kuala Lumpur — highlight how smugglers exploit weak regulation and high demand in northern India. Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir report strong demand for cheap yet branded cigarettes, driving smugglers and even leisure travellers to bring illicit consignments into the region. Organised networks and individual couriers deliberately keep confiscated value below ₹50 lakh to avoid stricter legal action while still facing confiscation and prosecution when detected. Customs officials say such smuggled cigarettes often bypass taxes and health warnings, making them cheaper and attractive to consumers. Although this report doesn’t directly discuss Bangladesh, the illegal cigarette trade extends regionally, affecting markets across South Asia including Bangladesh, where fake or smuggled cigarettes also undermine tobacco control and tax revenue enforcement — a trend seen in studies of cross-border smuggling and counterfeit cigarette trade in neighbouring countries.