A consignment of Hans chewable
tobacco, a banned product in Tamil Nadu, despatched from Bangalore in a private
bus was seized by Erode police on Tuesday.
On information, a team led by Erode
DSP Periaiah scrutinised a parcel in the bus and found the consignment
containing the tobacco without the address of any consignee. “This is the first
time we have found tobacco sent in a consignment without address. So far, we
had only seized tobacco products from godowns,” the DSP said. According to G.
Karunanidhi, District Officer for Food Safety and Drug Control, the value of
consignment of the seized tobacco was close to Rs. 1.9 lakh. “We will wait for
a month and if there are no claimants, the seized tobacco would be destroyed.”
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