The police in Maharashtra's Palghar district have seized gutka and banned tobacco products worth nearly Rs 19.5 lakh from a tempo and arrested its driver, an official told news agency PTI on Friday.

The police recovered the banned tobacco products from a tempo while patrolling within the limits of Modgaon-Haladpada on Wednesday, Yogesh Jadhav, Palghar district PRO API told PTI.