NASHIK: The Bhadrakali police on Saturday confiscated sachets of flavoured tobacco worth Rs 3.75 lakh and arrested two persons in this connection. The duo was, however, granted bail on Sunday.
The police had received a tip-off that a multi utility vehicle (MUV), loaded with the banned product, was about to enter the city.
They laid a trap on the Kannamwar bridge on the Mumbai-Agra road around 11 am and intercepted the vehicle in front of Kanchan Tata Motors and confiscated the gutkha sachets.
The police arrested Dileep Gulab Mali, a resident of Ashoka Marg, Hari Sankul and Sudam Ramesh Gaikwad,of Mhasobawadi under different sections of the IPC and the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. The duo was produced before a city court which granted them bail.
The police said the two accused had brought the tobacco sachets from Nipani, Karnataka to be distributed in the grey market in Nashik city. The police also confiscated the MUV worth Rs 5 lakh.
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