Superintendent of Police R. Sivakumar has said that a total of 34 cases were registered against persons for selling banned tobacco items in the past six months in the district.
Addressing reporters here on Wednesday, he said the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department along with the police department conducted raids and seized the products. As many as 19 cases were registered and two kg products were seized in 2013 while two cases were registered and 150 gram tobacco products were seized in 2014.
In 2015, 22 cases were registered and 1.5 kg products were seized while 138 cases were registered in 2016 and 21 kg were seized. In the past six months 34 cases were registered against sellers and 4.5 kg tobacco products were seized, he added.
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