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Mumbai Police raids shop in Crawford market; e-cigarettes worth lakhs seized, one held

The police said, in the raid, the police officials seized e-cigarettes and tobacco worth around Rs. 2.37 lakh including e-cigarettes worth over Rs. 2.24 lakh and flavored tobacco worth Rs. 12,000

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The seized material. Pic/Mumbai Police

The seized material. Pic/Mumbai Police

Mumbai Police on Wednesday raided a shop at Crawford market in south Mumbai after receiving a tip-off on sale of huge quantities of flavoured tobacco and as many e-cigarettes, the police said.

Vapes and e-cigarettes have been a contentious issue in India since the Central government announced a ban on these products in 2019. Despite the ban, these were being made available in the market, the police said.

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