Tobacco products such as Pan Parag and gutka whose
manufacture, storage and sale were banned by the Tamil Nadu government
last month were seized from shops on Gandhi Road and Babu Rao Street
here on Wednesday.
This was following a raid conducted by the officials of Vellore Corporation, and Food Safety and Revenue Departments.
A
team comprising E. Devakumar, Corporation Engineer and
Commissioner-in-charge of Vellore Corporation, Food Safety Officer Gowri
Sundar and officials of the Revenue Department conducted the raid and
warned shop-keepers against storage or sale of the banned stuff.
The
raid follows instructions from Collector P. Sankar at the first
district-level review meeting convened by him at the Collectorate here
on Monday in connection with the enforcement of the notification issued
by the State Government on May 23 .
The Collector
asked police, Transport and Commercial Taxes Department officials to
involve the Food Safety officials also when they conduct vehicle checks
on the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu-Karnataka borders in
Vellore district .
The Collector has asked the officials to continue the raids.
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