A special food safety team raided shops and godowns here on Tuesday and seized two tonnes of banned tobacco products worth Rs.20 lakh.
The team raided shops and godowns on West Rath Street, Bazaar Street and Main Road in the town.
Pan masala and other tobacco products manufactured in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, have been sold predominantly in Dindigul, Oddanchatram, Batlagundu and Reddiyarchatram and nearby areas. The State government had banned pan masala and other tobacco products in May 2013.
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