Tobacco products seized

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.”