Devices For Track-And-Trace To Be Affixed In Suspected Consignment During Controlled Delivery Operation: CBIC

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has notified the Controlled Delivery Regulations, 2022. The specified authority, after due consideration, may approve the controlled delivery of the suspect consignment and authorise the proper officer to undertake such a controlled delivery. "Upon receiving the approval of the specified authority to undertake controlled delivery, the proper officer may, if required, affix any mark or install any special investigative tool, including devices for track-and-trace monitoring of the suspect consignment, during the course of the controlled delivery operation, without impacting or tampering with the nature of the said consignment as far as possible," the CBIC notified. However, when controlled delivery to a foreign country is undertaken, the specified authority shall give such approval after due consultation with the competent authority of such foreign country, to which the suspect consignment is destined: Where approval cannot be obtained prior to terminating the controlled delivery, the approval may be obtained immediately afterwards, but not later than seventy-two hours after terminating the said controlled delivery. Upon completion or termination of the controlled delivery, as the case may be, the proper officer shall submit a report to the specified authority.