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The metropolis constabulary connected Monday raided a store astatine Saibeen Complex astatine Lalbagh and seized e-cigarettes, overseas cigarettes, and hookah preparing materials each valued astatine astir ₹9.72 lakh.
They were being sold illegally astatine Amantrana store successful the complex. A lawsuit was registered against 3 persons successful this connection, a constabulary merchandise said connected Tuesday.
The seized materials included 847 e-cigarettes valued astatine ₹4.43 lakh and 96 packs of overseas and Indian cigarettes valued astatine ₹5.09 lakh, and 25 hookah preparing materials worthy ₹20,500.
Santosh, 32, of Bantwal, Ibrahim Irshad, 33, of Kudroli, and the store proprietor Shivu Deshakodi were booked nether Sections 7 and 8 of the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manfacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019 and Section 20(2) of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act.
