4 tonnes of banned tobacco products seized in Tenkasi district last year
1 month, 3 weeks ago

4 tonnes of banned tobacco products seized in Tenkasi district last year

The Hindu  

The police and the Food Safety department have seized over 4 tonnes of banned tobacco products during the searches conducted across Tenkasi district last year, District Collector A.K. In a statement, he said the district administration had intensified the drive by the police and Food Safety department officials against the banned tobacco products, sale of drugs without prescription by qualified physicians, and the narcotic substances. A total of 33 special teams comprising police and Food Safety department personnel had been deployed across Tenkasi district to seize banned tobacco products, narcotic substances, and the drugs. “Since intensive searches by the police and the Food Safety department officials are continuing, 24.43 kg banned tobacco products have been seized from 15 shops between December 30 and January 5 last.

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Tobacco products worth ₹2 crore seized from godown in Ernakulam
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tobacco products worth ₹2 crore seized from godown in Ernakulam

The Hindu  

The Ernakulam Rural police seized banned tobacco products worth ₹2 crore from a godown at Vallam near Perumbavoor. The seizure was made under the ongoing ‘Operation Clean’ primarily targeting drugs and tobacco products. Tobacco products were allegedly hidden in around 400 sacks at a godown owned by Ayub Khan of Thiruvananthapuram. Last month, the rural police seized 500 sacks of …

Banned tobacco products worth ₹3 crore seized in Perumbavoor
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Banned tobacco products worth ₹3 crore seized in Perumbavoor

The Hindu  

The Ernakulam Rural police seized over 500 sacks of prohibited tobacco products valued at around ₹3 crore in Perumbavoor and arrested one person on Wednesday. The seizure was made during a raid conducted as part of the ongoing Operation Clean conceived by District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena. According to the police, the tobacco products were smuggled in using lorries from …

Cigarettes and khaini worth about ₹1 crore seized on suspicion of tax evasion in Vijayawada
2 months ago

Cigarettes and khaini worth about ₹1 crore seized on suspicion of tax evasion in Vijayawada

The Hindu  

An anti-evasion team of the Guntur Central GST Commissionerate and Vijayawada Customs Commissionerate seized 25,38,000 cigarettes and 46,000 pouches of spit tobacco, whose total value is about ₹1 crore, on January 18. According to a press release by Central GST Commissioner S. Narasimha Reddy, the officials carried out a search operation at an unregistered premises in Ambapuram Panchayat involved in …

Drive against banned tobacco products to continue in Coimbatore
2 months, 1 week ago

Drive against banned tobacco products to continue in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Coimbatore City Police will intensify the drive against prohibited tobacco products in 2025. Officials said that the new City Police Commissioner A. Saravana Sundar has instructed to give special focus on curbing the circulation of banned tobacco products and drugs in the city. According to the city police, 659 cases were registered under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products …

Illegal trade: ₹66 lakh worth imported cigarettes seized in Delhi, 4 arrested
3 months ago

Illegal trade: ₹66 lakh worth imported cigarettes seized in Delhi, 4 arrested

The Hindu  

With the arrest of four persons and seizure of 6.50 lakh cigarette sticks worth ₹66 lakh, Delhi Police has busted a syndicate engaged in the illegal trade of foreign brand cigarettes, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The four accused have been identified as Anas, Saqib, Sameer Ur Rehman and Sagar Haswani and booked under the Cigarettes and Other …

Banned tobacco products worth ₹15.30 lakh seized in Swargate
4 months ago

Banned tobacco products worth ₹15.30 lakh seized in Swargate

Hindustan Times  

The Swargate police on Wednesday seized gutkha pan masala worth over ₹15.30 lakh in the market. According to the police, the accused, identified as Qutbuddin Ali Hussain Daruwala, 38, was found to have stocked the banned product at a storage facility at Puram Chowk on November 13. The police have invoked Sections 223, 274, 275, 123 of the Bharatiya Nyaya …

Police push to outlaw purchase of illegal tobacco in SA, as raids net $1.5 million worth of product in regions
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Police push to outlaw purchase of illegal tobacco in SA, as raids net $1.5 million worth of product in regions

ABC  

South Australia's Police Commissioner says the state government should consider making it an offence to buy cheap black-market tobacco. There have been 19 arson attacks across Adelaide since July, which police have linked to organised crime syndicates in the black-market trade of illegal tobacco. "But I'll obviously be working with the police minister and the consumer affairs minister as well, …

Illegal Unit Manufacturing Counterfeit Cigarettes Busted in Karjat Farmhouse
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Illegal Unit Manufacturing Counterfeit Cigarettes Busted in Karjat Farmhouse

Hindustan Times  

Crime branch officials in Navi Mumbai busted a makeshift unit that manufactured counterfeit cigarettes in a Karjat farmhouse and arrested 15 men working at the site. The police found a total of 15 workers engaged in the production of counterfeit cigarettes, along with heavy machinery and raw materials required for the production. The cigarettes were worth ₹2.31 crore ready to …

238 shops in Virudhunagar sealed in 2024 for selling banned tobacco products
6 months, 2 weeks ago

238 shops in Virudhunagar sealed in 2024 for selling banned tobacco products

The Hindu  

Five shops found selling banned tobacco products were sealed after joint inspections were conducted by officials from the Food Safety and Police Departments in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu over the past week. Jeyaseelan said the inspections were conducted at 18 shops near schools and colleges under a programme aimed at the intensified eradication of narcotic substances and banned tobacco …

1,009 tonnes of banned tobacco products seized by TN cops since 2022
9 months, 2 weeks ago

1,009 tonnes of banned tobacco products seized by TN cops since 2022

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: As part of its drive against Banned Tobacco Products like gutka and ‘Cool Lip’, Tamil Nadu police have seized 1,008.87 tonnes of contraband from across the state since 2022, according to official data from the department. Since November 2023, TN police have initiated a special drive to curtail the sale of BTP in the vicinity of educational institutions, said …

3,100 kg gutka seized from shops across Coimbatore during surprise checks
10 months, 1 week ago

3,100 kg gutka seized from shops across Coimbatore during surprise checks

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: A large quantity of banned tobacco products were seized by the authorities from shops across the Coimbatore district over the past few days. Shops found guilty of selling banned tobacco products for the first time were fined Rs 25,000 each. In order to prevent the sale of pan masala, gutka and other tobacco products banned by the Tamil Nadu …

Coimbatore City Police imposes over ₹3 lakh in fines on tobacco sellers during ‘special drive’
1 year, 1 month ago

Coimbatore City Police imposes over ₹3 lakh in fines on tobacco sellers during ‘special drive’

The Hindu  

In a recent effort to tackle illegal sale of tobacco products to college and school-going students, the Coimbatore City Police, in collaboration with law enforcement teams, conducted a ‘special drive’ from October 29, 2023, to February 14, 2024. The drive aimed to address the widespread availability of banned tobacco items in small shops across the city. This is an ongoing …

CGST seizes banned cigarettes worth RS 2.35 crore in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 2 months ago

CGST seizes banned cigarettes worth RS 2.35 crore in Andhra Pradesh

New Indian Express  

ANANTAPUR: Central Goods and Services Tax officials seized 40.68 lakh banned cigarettes worth Rs 2.35 crore, which were illegally transported in a container truck in Anantapur town on Sunday. According to GST officials, based on reliable sources, Anantapur CGST Division officials launched an operation and intercepted a container truck bearing no. Upon inspection, it was found that the vehicle was …

Police, Food Safety officials seal shops selling banned tobacco products
1 year, 3 months ago

Police, Food Safety officials seal shops selling banned tobacco products

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi City Police and officers from the Food Safety Department on Monday sealed four shops selling banned tobacco products in the city. According to police sources, four shop owners at Palakkarai, Fort, and Gandhi Market police station limits were arrested for selling banned tobacco products on Sunday following surprise checks launched by the police across the city in the …

FSSAI destroys half tonne sweets for excessive use of colourants in Deepavali special drive in Coimbatore
1 year, 4 months ago

FSSAI destroys half tonne sweets for excessive use of colourants in Deepavali special drive in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India seized and destroyed 501.3 kg of sweets, which were made with artificial colourants beyond the permissible limit, during a special drive conducted ahead of Deepavali in Coimbatore district. During the six-day special drive covering Coimbatore city and rural areas, the FSSAI found one sweet manufacturing unit operating in unhygienic conditions. The FSSAI …

Coimbatore District Police to intensify drive against sale of gutkha pan masala
1 year, 8 months ago

Coimbatore District Police to intensify drive against sale of gutkha pan masala

The Hindu  

The Coimbatore District Police will intensify the drive against the sale of banned tobacco products, said Superintendent of Police V. Badrinarayanan. The drive against tobacco products such as gutkha and pan masala had come to a halt after the Madras High Court on January 25 this year quashed a notification issued by the Food Safety Commissioner in 2018, banning the …

DRI seizes foreign cigarettes worth Rs 24 crore in Mumbai; 5 persons arrested
1 year, 10 months ago

DRI seizes foreign cigarettes worth Rs 24 crore in Mumbai; 5 persons arrested

India TV News  

DRI seizes foreign cigarettes worth Rs 24 crore in Mumbai; 5 persons arrested The entire 40-feet container was found to be stuffed with foreign-origin cigarettes which are banned for import into India due to their non-compliance with Indian standards. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai, has seized 1.2 crore sticks of foreign origin cigarettes with an estimated market value of …

Noida: Gang selling banned electronic cigarettes busted, 6 held with over 400 vapes
2 years, 1 month ago

Noida: Gang selling banned electronic cigarettes busted, 6 held with over 400 vapes

India TV News  

Six people arrested in relation to the sale of banned electronice cigarettes in Noida while over 400 banned e-cigarettes were seized, police said on Thursday. “In pursuance of the objective, an anti-narcotics campaign is being run in the district and the Sector 63 police station team on Thursday busted a gang and recovered 405 electronic cigarettes of different flavours and …

Muchhad Paanwala owner arrested for selling banned e-cigarettes
2 years, 1 month ago

Muchhad Paanwala owner arrested for selling banned e-cigarettes

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: In its two-day “operation all out” against paan shops in the city, the Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai police on Wednesday booked the owner of the famous Muchhad Paanwala for allegedly selling banned e-cigarettes. The fifth case was registered against the owner of a hookah material godown within the jurisdiction of the MRA police station in South Mumbai and …

Jail term, fine for sale & bursting of firecrackers in Delhi: Minister
2 years, 5 months ago

Jail term, fine for sale & bursting of firecrackers in Delhi: Minister

Hindustan Times  

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday said that manufacturing, storing, and selling firecrackers in the national capital is a punishable offence and would attract a fine of up to ₹5,000 and three years in jail. Representational image News agency PTI, quoting the minister, said purchasing and bursting of firecrackers would also be punishable by a ₹200 fine and a …

Delhi: 10 arrested, 700kg illegal firecrackers seized ahead of Diwali
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi: 10 arrested, 700kg illegal firecrackers seized ahead of Diwali

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested 10 people from separate places for violating regulations against the sale of firecrackers in the national capital. The police recovered around 700kg illegal firecrackers from the violators. Police recovered 570kg of completely banned non-green and green firecrackers from Rohini, while another 77.2kg worth of firecrackers were seized from the Sher Ka Pinjra area. The …

Banned tobacco products seized in Coimbatore
5 years, 4 months ago

Banned tobacco products seized in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India seized banned tobacco products of 320 kg in a special drive conducted here in the city on Wednesday. Banned tobacco products were found at three shops and four godowns. Officials also lifted four samples of banned tobacco products to be examined in a Government laboratory. Court attaches TNSTC bus The Fourth Additional …

Govt issues ordinance to ban e-cigarettes
5 years, 6 months ago

Govt issues ordinance to ban e-cigarettes

The Hindu  

The Government on Thursday issued an ordinance to ban e-cigarettes, making the production, import, export, transport, sale or First time violators will face a jail term of up to one year and a fine of ₹1 lakh. Ms. Sitharaman, who had headed a Group of Ministers on the issue, said the Cabinet decided to ban e-cigarettes and similar products as …

Gutka ban: Delhi HC seeks AAP govt's reply on PIL over implementation of tobacco rule
8 years, 1 month ago

Gutka ban: Delhi HC seeks AAP govt's reply on PIL over implementation of tobacco rule

Firstpost  

Strict implementation of the ban on ‘gutka’ and other chewable tobacco products in the national capital came under scanner of the Delhi High Court, which on Monday sought the response of the AAP government. The direction came on a public interest litigation by an NGO, Fariyaad Foundation, which said that there was a Delhi government notification of 2015-2016 banning sale, …

Ban on sale of loose cigarettes comes into effect in Himachal Pradesh
8 years, 5 months ago

Ban on sale of loose cigarettes comes into effect in Himachal Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Shimla: With an aim to dissuade youngsters from tobacco use and smoking, the ban on sale of loose cigarettes and beedis in Himachal Pradesh came into force from today. 'HP prohibition of sale of loose cigarettes/beedis and regulation of ‘retail business’ of cigarettes and other tobacco products Bill 2016' was passed during the Monsoon session of the Assembly and has …

Selling tobacco products to children will attract 7-year jail term and a fine of Rs 1 lakh
8 years, 9 months ago

Selling tobacco products to children will attract 7-year jail term and a fine of Rs 1 lakh

India TV News  

New Delhi: In a bid to curtail use of tobacco among children, The Narendra Modi government in its latest draft of Juvenile Justice act has made selling of tobacco products to children punishable up to 7 years and fixed a fine of Rs 1 lakh. The law rules that selling cigarettes and other tobacco products to minors will land sellers …

Mobile phones, bidis, tobacco packs seized from Gujarat jails
8 years, 11 months ago

Mobile phones, bidis, tobacco packs seized from Gujarat jails

Deccan Chronicle  

Gandhinagar: Police have seized several prohibited items including mobile phones, bidis and tobacco from central jails in Ahmedabad and Vadodara in the past two years, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel said in the assembly. In reply to a question by a Congress MLA yesterday, Patel, who also holds the Home portfolio, said during checks police recovered 29 mobile phones from Ahmedabad …

Delhi govt to reply on plea against ban of chewable tobacco-IndiaTV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Delhi govt to reply on plea against ban of chewable tobacco-IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today sought response of city government on a plea of manufacturers against ban on sale of chewable tobacco in the national capital from March 30. Justice Rajiv Shakdher issued notice to Food Safety Commissioner of the Delhi government while restraining it from taking any action against sellers till the next date of hearing on …

Checks to ensure tobacco ban in capital |IndiaTV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Checks to ensure tobacco ban in capital |IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Health teams would fan out in the national capital to conduct surprise checks for ensuring strict implementation of the ban on all forms of chewable tobacco -- including gutka, khaini and zarda -- which came into effect on Monday, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said. The officials said there was a Delhi government notification in September 2012 which …

5 shopkeepers fined for selling loose cigarettes in Punjab | IndiaTV News
10 years ago

5 shopkeepers fined for selling loose cigarettes in Punjab | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Chandigarh: Five shopkeepers at a vegetable market in Hoshiarpur were fined for allegedly selling loose cigarettes in Punjab. Acting upon the implementation of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2005, the Tobacco Control Cell of Punjab government today served fine to five shopkeepers who were allegedly indulging in practices of selling loose cigarettes/tobacco, an official spokesman said today. A ban …

262 city vendors fined for selling tobacco to minors, near schools
11 years, 7 months ago

262 city vendors fined for selling tobacco to minors, near schools

Hindustan Times  

The specially formed anti tobacco squad of Mumbai police has cracked down on 262 vendors who sold tobacco to minors, or were operating within 100 yards of any educational institute in the central region on Mumbai. Of those caught, 133 vendors were fined for selling tobacco or tobacco products to minors, while 129 were found operating near an educational institution. …

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