Erode: Food safety officials have seized banned gutka products worth Rs 2.25 lakh from a powerloom unit near Veerappanchatram here on Thursday.
District designated food safety officer Dr T Kalaivani said they conducted a surprise raid at the unit based on a WhatsApp information. “We seized 220kg banned tobacco products from the unit, from where they were being distributed to retail markets secretly.”
Preliminary investigation revealed that the powerloom unit owner’s brother Kamal Hassan has a grocery store at Veerappanchatram. “He used to stock banned gutka products in his sister’s powerloom unit,” Kalaivani said, adding, “He did not stock these items in his shop fearing raid.”
The officials have sent samples of seized tobacco items for lab test.
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