Gutkha tobacco products worth Rs 427 lakh seized in Navi Mumbai seven held
Thane Jan 18 PTI The Navi Mumbai police seized banned gutkha and tobacco products worth Rs 4272 lakh and arrested seven persons in this connection an official said on Tuesday Based on a tip-off the police intercepted four tempos coming out of an automobile showroom in Mhape MIDC area on January 15 police commissioner Bipin Kumar Singh said Banned gutkha products were found in one of the tempos and on interrogation the driver revealed that the stock was being moved from Mhape he said The police subsequently raided a godown in the MIDC area and found banned products in three more tempos the official said The police with the help of the FDA officials seized gutkha and scented tobacco worth Rs 4272 lakh he said An offence under relevant sections of the IPC and Food Safety and Standards rules has been registered against the accused with the Rabale MIDC police station the official said The police have arrested Israr Ahmed Niaz Ahmed Shaikh 45 Suraj Harish Thakkar 41 Sastu Sameth Yadav 34 Nitin Baburao Kasbe 49 Nouruddin Ali Shoukat Sayyed 26 Mohammad Nafiz Rafique Shaikh 34 and Pawankumar Pannalal Srivastav 27 he added PTI COR ARU ARU
Thane Jan 18 PTI The Navi Mumbai police seized banned gutkha and tobacco products worth Rs 4272 lakh and arrested seven persons in this connection an official said on Tuesday Based on a tip-off the police intercepted four tempos coming out of an automobile showroom in Mhape MIDC area on January 15 police commissioner Bipin Kumar Singh said Banned gutkha products were found in one of the tempos and on interrogation the driver revealed that the stock was being moved from Mhape he said The police subsequently raided a godown in the MIDC area and found banned products in three more tempos the official said The police with the help of the FDA officials seized gutkha and scented tobacco worth Rs 4272 lakh he said An offence under relevant sections of the IPC and Food Safety and Standards rules has been registered against the accused with the Rabale MIDC police station the official said The police have arrested Israr Ahmed Niaz Ahmed Shaikh 45 Suraj Harish Thakkar 41 Sastu Sameth Yadav 34 Nitin Baburao Kasbe 49 Nouruddin Ali Shoukat Sayyed 26 Mohammad Nafiz Rafique Shaikh 34 and Pawankumar Pannalal Srivastav 27 he added PTI COR ARU ARU
