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Over 4,000 kg of banned baccy products were seized by excise officials astatine Uchakkada successful Balaramapuram during the aboriginal hours of Monday.
Based connected a tip-off, the Neyyattinkara excise scope squad took Beemapally autochthonal Ameen into custody, on with a scooter that was allegedly utilized for transporting narcotic substances.
Officials aboriginal recovered that the accused had purportedly rented a location successful Punchakkari to store the tobacco. It is suspected that the seized products were stored for organisation to assorted locations successful the district.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the contraband whitethorn person been transported into Kerala from Tamil Nadu. The Excise Department has launched an probe to place the organisation web and the shops progressive successful the amerciable merchantability of banned baccy products.
