Dec 1, 2017

Raided on Adulterated Pan Masala & Noxious Gutka, 7 Persons held, Police Seized Gutkha worth Rs. 6 Lakhs

Hyderabad: The sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force, Central Zone team, Hyderabad on credible information conducted raid on noxious Gutka containing Tobacco contents illegal marketing, sales shops M/s New Royal Chalia Store, New Chalia Store & Mujahid Ali Store, all situated at MJ market, Hyderabad and apprehended (07) accused and Seized noxious Gutka packets which contains Tobacco and Nicotine as ingredients of various brands i.e., 1) BB Gutka, 2) Sagar Gutka, 3) BNB Gutka, 4) AP Gutka, 5) Q Gutka, 6) Miraj Swadeshi Tobacco, 7) Amber Tobacco, 8) Baba 120 Premium Chewing Tobacco, 9) Sagar chewing Tobacco, 10) RR Gold Chewing Tobacco, 11) RMD pan Masala and 12) Blue-Blue Tobacco sachets and other various Gutka/Tobacco products and seized material Market Value about Rs 6,00,000/- and arrested the accused Persons Mujahid Ali, Mohammed Khaja Moinuddin @ Haji, Mohammed Faisal, Shaik Mazahar, Shaik Azar Uddin, Osman-Bin-Ilyas-Zumbali, Mohammed Shafi, Anwar Ali (Absconding), Samad r/o Charminar (absconding), Purshotam r/o Shahinayathgunj (absconding)
The accused by name 1. Anwar Ali 2. Mujahid Ali and 3. Mohammed Haji is running a business (Gutka & Tobacco product sales, distribution) on the name of M/s New Royal Chalia Store, New Chalia Store & Mujahid Ali Store, all situated at MJ market, Hyderabad for their livelihood. They are indulging in illegal storage, marketing noxious Gutka products containing Tobacco contents on the name of various brands illegally to gain easy profits. While inspection found that they have storage space and selling the Gutka, Jardas which contains Tobacco and Nicotine as ingredients and chewing tobacco product like Chap Tobacco, pure Tobacco, Khaini which packed in pouches / Sachets on the name of various products.
They are purchasing the Noxious Gutak products from Samad, Purshotam, Osman-Bin-Ilyas-Zumbali, Shaik Mazahar, Shaik Azar Uddin through Mohammed Faisal and transporting them with the help of Auto trolley driver Mohammed Shafi and clandestinely transporting & storage in their shop and deliver to known and needy customers of Kirana stores, Pan Shop vendors to gain easy profits. The New chalia store owner Mohammed Haji receives Gutka products from Purshotam Traders C/o Shahinayathgunj, Hyderabad.
Since Telangana State has banned the sale, manufacture, distribution and storage of the gutka and all its variants. After that the accused were planned to earning easy money by way of selling of banned Gutkha in the market as it as much demand in the market. They used to purchase the banned Gutka products & noxious Gutka sachets containing Tobacco contents from the Organizer dealers in cheap rate and deliver to Kirana shops, Pan Shops in and around Hyderabad and other areas in high profits and gaining easy profits illegally and the accused violated the food safety and Standards Act 2006.
The Police Seized Noxious Gutka Packets which Contains Tobacco and Nicotine As Ingredients, The Seized material market value worth Rs. 6,00,000/-.
The apprehended accused persons along with seized property were handed over to SHO’s, Abid Road PS and Begumbazar PS for further investigation.

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