Four men who manufactured chewing tobacco using various ingredients and sold it to people including college students were arrested on Monday night, said police officers.
Over Rs. 4 lakh worth of goods were seized from the suspects.
Police sources said the suspects, Tiwari (40) and Sunil (28), both from Choolai, and Parasuram (48) and Rochith (20), both from Mylapore, were producing the banned tobacco items in a house on Nainiappan Street in Chintadripet.
Following a tipoff, a police team raided the house and unearthed 25 kg of a tobacco product locally known as mava and other ingredients.
The four men were arrested and remanded to judicial custody on Tuesday morning, the sources added.
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