₹1.45 lakh worth of banned tobacco products seized in Mettupalayam, one held
The Hindu
The police are on the lookout for another accused in connection with transporting the products from Karnataka.
The Mettupalayam police on Friday seized banned tobacco products worth ₹1.45 lakh and arrested a person in connection with stocking the items for sale in Puducherry.
Based on a tip-off, the police seized the flavoured tobacco products from a godown near Government ITI in Ram Nagar at Mettupalayam. They seized ₹19,500, a car and mobile phone from the suspect, Dheena Kumar, a resident of Tiruvannamalai. He has been remanded in judicial custody.
The police are on the lookout for another accused, Raju, in connection with transporting the products from Karnataka.

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