Scented tobacco, gutka worth Rs 10.27 lakh seized in Nashik

A joint team of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials and police seized scented tobacco and gutka worth Rs 10.27 lakh in raids at Shindegaon village near Nashik Road area.Acting on a tip-off, a team of FDA officials and police raided two godowns of Ramvilas Lohiya and Radheshyam Lohiya near Shindegaon yesterday and seized packets of Miraj tobacco worth Rs three lakh 

In another raid on their residence Lohiya Sadan in Lokmanya Nagar area, the FDA officials seized tobacco packets and gutka worth Rs 7.27 lakh. The seized scented tobacco and gutka was collectively worth Rs 10.27 lakh, police said.An FDA official then registered a case under sections of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 at the Nashik Road police station against the duo, sources added.