One arrested, gutka worth Rs 2.6 lakh seized in Nellore

Acting on a tip-off, the Santhapeta police conducted raids on Venkatesh’s shop and house on Saturday evening and seized the contraband. 

NELLORE: The Chinna Bazar police arrested a person and seized gutka packets worth Rs 2.6 lakh and 2 kg of ganja worth Rs 20,000 from him. The accused was identified as N Venkatesh (42) of Macleans Road here.

According to Nellore city DSP J Srinivasulu Reddy, Venkatesh of Old Hospital Area had been indulging in sale of gutka and ganja. He used to procure them from Bengaluru and Visakhapatnam Agency and store them at his house. 

Acting on a tip-off, the Santhapeta police conducted raids on Venkatesh’s shop and house on Saturday evening and seized the contraband. 

The Santhapeta police registered a case against the accused with Cr.No.24/2020 under Sections 272, 273, 188, 420 and 328 of IPC, Section 59 of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and Section 8 (c) r/w 20 (B) (i) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

FDA team collects 12 food samples

Food and Drugs Administration officials during a raid on a shop in Ambala City.

Ambala, January 25

A team of Food and Drugs Administration on Friday took samples of milk, cheese sandwich, pizza, pasta, spices, and soup from eateries in Ambala City. The team took a total of 12 samples for analysis.

Designated Food Safety Officer Ambala Subhash Chander said “The samples of different food items, including milk from dairy, sandwich, pizza, pasta and chilli powder from different food joints have been taken while seven samples of food items have been collected from the roadside vendors. The samples would be sent to Food Laboratory, Karnal, for analysis and the results are expected to come after 15 days.”