Godown sealed

In a joint raid conducted by the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department and the corporation, officials found Rs. 5.70 lakh banned pan masala items stocked in godown in Shevapet here. Recently, the police arrested a gang that was involved in intercepting a lorry carrying pan masala and gutka items. 

Though four persons were arrested, the goods cannot be recovered. It is said that the goods were stocked in a godown in Shevapet. Officials raided the godown and found the banned items. Samples were taken and sent for laboratory tests in Chennai. The godown was sealed by the officials.