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S Lalitha ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: Acting on a tip-off, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) seized imported cigarettes valued at around Rs 1 crore from the parcel van of Karnataka Express at Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station, on Tuesday evening. This is the second major seizure of imported cigarettes smuggled into Bengaluru via trains. “This is the second such seizure of cigarettes inside trains in the last four months,” Debashmita added. A similar quantity by an Indian brand is priced between Rs 200 and Rs 250 as they need to pay high taxes," he said. In July, nearly 10 lakh cigarettes worth Rs 2 crore were smuggled in from Bangladesh and Myanmar to Bengaluru via a goods train which the RPF seized at Yeshwantpur..