Police Crack Down on Banned Tobacco Products in Navi Mumbai

A man was arrested in Navi Mumbai after police seized banned tobacco products worth Rs 3.87 lakh during a routine patrol. The 26-year-old, from Mumbai's Bandra area, was found with the contraband during a search of his vehicle near a bridge in the Vashi area.

Police have arrested a man after seizing banned tobacco products valued at Rs 3.87 lakh from his possession in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai township, an official said on Wednesday.

During routine patrolling in the early hours of Tuesday, police spotted a car near a bridge in the Vashi area and conducted a search.

They found a huge quantity of banned tobacco products in the vehicle and seized them, the official from the Vashi police station said.

The 26-year-old car occupant, hailing from Bandra in neighbouring Mumbai, was arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the FDA regulations, he said. The police were investigating the source of the contraband and its intended destination, he added.

(With inputs from agencies.)