Airport PS officials on Monday seized banned gutkha, paan masala and tobacco, worth Rs 56,200, from a 32-year-old man, who had allegedly stored them for sale in Lohegaon.
Food Safety Officer Sachin Adhav (34) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lodged a complaint in this regard. Police have identified the suspect as Raju Umaram Prajapati of Dhanori.
He has been charged under relevant sections of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by PSI S S Chavan nabbed Prajapati for storing the banned substances in Kutwal Colony, Lohegaon on Monday afternoon. The seized substances included 140 packets of ‘Goa Gutkha, 211 packets of ‘Vimal Paan Masala’ and 305 packets of tobacco.
Few days back, PSI Ansar Shaikh of Pimpri police station seized export quality RMD gutkha worth Rs four lakh from 46-year-old Ashok Arjandas Ramnani in Pimpri Camp.
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