An Excise team led by P.J. Thomas, Excise Preventive Inspector, Sulthan Bathery Circle, arrested a man and seized 3.5 quintal of banned pan masala from him at the check-post at Muthanga on Friday.
The arrested person was identified as Abdul Haneefa, 37, of Ottappalam in Palakkad district. The officials also confiscated the vehicle used for transporting the contraband. Haneefa told the officials that he brought the stuff from Mysore to supply in Ernakualam. He was handed over to Health Department officials for further inquiry, the officials said.
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