Tobacco products seized
A special team of the Jolarpet government railway police seized nearly 18,000 sachets of banned tobacco products, worth ₹1 lakh, from a passenger.
A senior official of the GRP said based on a tip-off about smuggling of banned tobacco products, a special team checked a passenger on board an express train bound for Tirupati at Jolarpet railway station. They seized nearly 18,000 sachets of tobacco products from R. Rajinikumar, 43, a resident of Tirupati.
The GRP arrested the accused and handed over the contraband to officials of the Food Safety Department.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tobacco-products-seized/article36705027.ece
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