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The Excise section has detected a fewer instances of backstage autobus workers successful the territory utilizing banned baccy products during enactment hours. The section booked implicit 30 cases nether the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) during an intensive thrust conducted successful assorted parts of the territory during the 3rd and 4th weeks of February.
The Excise presented details of the thrust earlier the State Human Rights committee (SHRC) connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026).
Most cases were detected among employees moving successful buses operating from Fort Kochi, Perumbadappu and Kumbalanghi autobus stations. A full of 26 COTPA cases were registered during the thrust astatine the stations. Notably, the Excise has registered a lawsuit nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act aft seizing 5 grams of suspected ganja from a autobus worker during the thrust astatine the Fort Kochi autobus stand.
