A person was arrested today and gutkha worth Rs 72 lakh seized from a tempo on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in adjoining Palghar district, police said
Thane: A person was arrested today and gutkha worth Rs 72 lakh seized from a tempo on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in adjoining Palghar district, police said.
The tempo was intercepted at around 5 pm and gutkha worth Rs 72 lakh, which was being transported to Mumbai from Gujarat was seized, Inspector Ravindra Magar of Kasa Police Station said.
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Production, sale and consumption of gutkha is banned in Maharashtra, he said. One person was arrested and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials were informed about the seizure, Magar said.
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