COIMBATORE: Food safety officials here on Wednesday morning seized 150kg of banned tobacco products from a multi utility vehicle at Walayar check-post. The vehicle was going to Ernakulam from Bengaluru.
Designated food safety officer Dr Vijayalalithambigai said the food safety department had got a call from police officers at Walayar check-post. "They told us that they had caught a vehicle carrying large sacks of gutkha. There were two men in the vehicle," she said
On being questioned by the food safety department and police, the men said they had brought the gutkha from Bengaluru.
"The two men have been detained for further questioning on the source of gutkha and whether they have buyers in Coimbatore too," she said.
"This is the third time that this same vehicle was crossing this border in the last couple of weeks," she added.
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