Chennai: Police arrested a young man in Mylapore for smuggling gutka tobacco products from Bengaluru. Police seized 91 kg of gutka tobacco products from him.
Following the orders of Chennai Police Commissioner Amalraj, action against narcotics and banned gutka tobacco products has been intensified across the city. For this purpose, special teams have been formed throughout Chennai, and continuous surveillance and inspections are being carried out.
In this situation, based on confidential information received by the Mylapore police, they were engaged in surveillance duty yesterday morning in the area of Kacheri Road and Kalvivaru Street in Mylapore.
At that time, the police stopped and inspected a light goods vehicle that was moving suspiciously along that route. During the inspection, they found gutkha tobacco packets, including Hans, Vimal, and Cool Lip, which are banned by the Tamil Nadu government.
Following this, the police arrested Shiva (32), from K.G. Kandigai in Tiruvallur district, who had been driving the goods vehicle. They seized about 91 kg of gutkha tobacco packets and the goods vehicle used for smuggling.
During the police investigation, it was found that Shiva had been smuggling gutkha tobacco products from Bengaluru and selling them in Chennai. The investigation also revealed that he was already involved in two criminal cases related to the sale of gutkha tobacco products. Shiva, who was arrested, was later lodged in prison after questioning.