Thane, Nov 1 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized expired, banned and improperly packed gutkha and pan masala valued at Rs 42.96 lakh from a tempo in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Sunday.
The vehicle’s driver has been arrested, and a search is on for others involved, including the distributor and transporter of the products, they said.
The FDA sleuths intercepted the tempo at Arihant Compound in the Bhiwandi area on Friday.
The vehicle was found to be illegally transporting large quantities of prohibited tobacco products, a Narpoli police official said.
The police arrested the driver, identified as Liyakat Sabir Ali (39), hailing from Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh, and registered a case against him and some others for allegedly trying to supply expired, rejected, damaged, and improperly packaged food and tobacco items, he added.
(PTI News)
