The lorry carrying tobacco products which was detained by the
Saravanampatti police on Friday morning.
Saravanampatti Police on Friday morning detained temporarily a consignment containing tobacco products.
According
to the police, during a vehicle checking operation in the small hours
of Friday, the police personnel stopped a truck containing goods. While
checking the contents of the goods, the police found 6,395 kg chewable
tobacco products in 5,000 boxes. The cost of the consignment was
estimated to be around Rs. 3 lakh.
The police said
that driver Nagaraj of Kannampalayam of Nanjappa Nagar, Sulur, was
carrying the consignment from Sowcarpet in Chennai to a shop on Range
Gowda Street in the city. The police initially said they would register a
case against the driver and send the consignment to the Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India’s designated officer in Coimbatore.
But
after consultation with the legal officers, the police along with the
FSSAI officers, Food Cell policemen and others escorted the truck to the
State-border in Sathyamangalam saying that the consignment should not
be brought back into the State.
The police’s move comes following a ban the State Government imposed on tobacco products.
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