2,400 kg of gutkha seized from container terminal

Chennai | Saturday | 24th February, 2018

Summary:

In 2017, the city police had seized 22,575 kg of banned tobacco products and 748 kg of ganja during raids. The police seized over 2,400 kg of gutkha products concealed in five containers, which were transported on train from Delhi. “With this, we have seized nearly 4,000 kg gutkha from the Concor depot this week. It was being used as a transhipment point to supply the contraband to the entire city. Chidambara Murugesan searched the premises of the Concor depot where they found five containers with the contraband and seized them..