Tobacco products worth Rs 1 cr seized

Kolhapur | Tuesday | 12th March, 2019

Summary:

When we checked them, we found that they were full of scented tobacco and Gutka, packed in gunny sacks. Kolhapur: In a raid conducted by the National Highway police and officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on two trucks at the Ujalaiwadi area on the Pune- Bengaluru national highway, Gutka and scented tobacco worth Rs1 crore was seized on Monday afternoon.Police have seized the two trucks and detained their drivers. The market price of the material was Rs1 crore,” said a police officer attached with the Gokul Shirgaon police station. Police are busy registering a case against the duo at the Gokul Shirgaon police station.“We received information that two trucks carrying scented tobacco and Gutka from Satara are travelling to Bengaluru in Karnataka. So, we set a trap at Ujalaiwadi and stopped the two trucks..