Maha: Banned tobacco items worth Rs 35.5L seized, 5 held

Banned tobacco products worth Rs35.53 lakh were seized from three vehicles and five peoplewere held in Navi Mumbai's Mahape MIDC area on Friday, said aMaharashtra Food and Drug Administration official Acting on a tip-off, three vehicles were interceptednear a hotel in the morning and the contraband, which includedscented tobacco and pan masala, was found, he said "Jitendra Das, Akhaya Khanda, Priyavat Das, Munna Shriand Janardhan Yadav have been held.

Banned tobacco products worth Rs35.53 lakh were seized from three vehicles and five peoplewere held in Navi Mumbai's Mahape MIDC area on Friday, said aMaharashtra Food and Drug Administration official

Acting on a tip-off, three vehicles were interceptednear a hotel in the morning and the contraband, which includedscented tobacco and pan masala, was found, he said

"Jitendra Das, Akhaya Khanda, Priyavat Das, Munna Shriand Janardhan Yadav have been held. A case under IPC and FDArules has been registered. Local police are probing further,"he added.