Hyderabad: The Commissioner’s Task Force (East) on Thursday arrested one person who was allegedly selling banned tobacco products in the city and seized stuff worth Rs.57 lakh from him.
Acting on a alert, the police raided a warehouse at Osmangunj and found various brands of illegal tobacco products. The products were meant to be supplied to local retail shops.
City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar said the arrested person D Chinna Nagaraju, a native of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, was into the tobacco products business.
“Nagaraju took a warehouse on rent at Osmangunj and was storing tobacco products illegally. He had procured the contraband from various sources in neighbouring States and planned to supply it to local traders,” the Commissioner said.
Nagaraju along with the seized stuff was handed over to the Afzalgunj police for further action.
