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A full of 510 kg of banned baccy products seized by instrumentality enforcement agencies successful Erode territory were destroyed connected Thursday astatine the Vendipalayam dumping gait nether the supervision of officials from assorted departments.
According to a property release, the destroyed banal comprised 488 kg of banned baccy products seized by the Police and the Food Safety and Drug Administration departments betwixt January 2026 and June 2026, on with 22 kg handed implicit by the Railway Police. The demolition was carried retired pursuing directions from the District Collector arsenic portion of ongoing efforts to curb the merchantability of prohibited baccy products specified arsenic gutka and cookware masala.
Joint enforcement drives involving the Police, Food Safety, Local Administration, Public Health and Revenue departments person been conducted crossed the district, and enactment was taken against establishments recovered violating the ban. Officials said the seized products were rendered unusable and buried successful a pit astir 10 feet deep.
District Designated Officer K. Varalakshmi, Food Safety Officers S. Kesavaraj, C. Selvan and M. Muthukrishnan, District Tobacco Control Consultant K. Kalaichelvi, Sanitary Inspector Gokul, Village Administrative Officer P. Saravanan and Modakkurichi Police Inspector V. Ravikumar were among those contiguous during the process.
