Nov 25, 2013

Gutka worth over Rs 7.10 lakh seized in Navi Mumbai

The officials of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today seized gutka worth over Rs 7.10 lakh at Vashi in Navi Mumbai and arrested one person in this connection.
Acting on a specific information, an FDA team intercepted a pick-up van carrying banned gutka that was being smuggled into Mumbai from Bangalore at Vashi and seized pouches of Goa 1000 Gutka worth Rs 7,19,000, sources said.
They arrested Shadab Mohin Shaikh, driver, who was working for M/s Geluvu Food Products, Bangalore. The FDA has registered an offence under sections 3(1), 26 and 27 read with 2.3.4 of Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition & Restriction) Regulation, 2011 with Vashi police station, sources added.

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