<p>Police have seized gutka worth Rs 9.37 lakh being transported from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh and arrested the driver of a luxury bus in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-district-authorities-issue-notice-to-coldplay-concert-organisers-asking-them-not-to-involve-children-on-stage-23465807" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane district</a> in Maharashtra, an official said on Saturday, PTI reported.</p>
<p>As per PTI, a team from the local crime branch intercepted the vehicle at Golban village on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway in Shahapur on Thursday night, Superintendent of Police (Thane Rural), Dr D S Swamy said.</p>
<p>He said that gutka worth Rs 9.37 lakh was found in the luxury bus heading to Thane from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/indore-manmad-line-will-link-mumbai-with-areas-near-nepal-border-union-railway-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw-23385985" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Indore</a>.</p>
<p>The official said the bus driver, Joginder Prasad Shah (54), has been arrested under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, PTI cited.</p>
<p>Earlier, an official said that the police recently seized the banned gutka valued at Rs 8.42 lakh from a tempo and arrested its driver in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>The tempo was spotted opposite the Karivali police chowki in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-fire-in-complex-housing-scrap-godowns-in-bhiwandi-town-no-one-injured-23434135" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bhiwandi area</a>.</p>
<p>During checking of the vehicle, the police found gutka being transported in it, the official from Bhoiwada police station said while sharing an update on the Thane crime, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The gutka was seized and the vehicle was impounded.</p>
<p>The 39-year-old tempo driver was arrested, the official said.</p>
<p>During interrogation, the driver told the police that a man from Gaibibi Nagar had ordered the stock, the official said while sharing an update on the Thane crime, reported PTI.</p>
<p>A case was registered against the accused under relevant legal provisions, the police added.</p>
<h2>Thane: Banned gutka, tobacco products of Rs 5.3 lakh seized from tempo; driver held</h2>
<p>An official said that police have arrested a 22-year-old tempo driver after seizing the banned gutka and tobacco products valued at Rs 5.32 lakh from his vehicle in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>A police team spotted the tempo on K B Road in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/ambernath-couple-held-for-killing-mans-stepbrother-23408488" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Ambernath</a> area on October 6 and intercepted it on the basis of suspicion, reported PTI.</p>
<p>During a search, the police found the Banned gutka, tobacco products in the vehicle, the official said.</p>
<p>The police enquired with the tempo driver, who could not give a satisfactory reply about the banned goods following which he was arrested, reported PTI.</p>
<p>A case was registered against the driver under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the FDA regulations, the official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The police were trying to find out the source of the goods and to whom the accused planned to sell them, he added.</p>
<p><br />(With inputs from PTI)</p><p>
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