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The constabulary seized baccy products weighing 31 kg during the astonishment cheque successful the shops situated adjacent the acquisition institutions connected Monday and registered 30 cases successful this connection.
According to Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirunelveli Range, P. Saravanan, shops situated wrong 100 yards from the acquisition institutions should not merchantability baccy products arsenic per the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA). When the constabulary peculiar teams conducted astonishment cheque successful 476 shops located wrong this region from the acquisition institutions successful Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari districts connected Monday, the constabulary seized 31 kg of baccy products.
“After registering 30 cases successful this connection, steps person been taken to seal these shops for violating COTPA,” Mr. Saravanan said.
While the first-time violators of COTPA volition person to acquisition 1 twelvemonth imprisonment and wage the good of ₹50,000, different offenders could beryllium awarded 2 years imprisonment too paying the good of ₹1 lakh.
Anyone having accusation astir the merchantability of baccy products successful the shops adjacent to the acquisition institutions and banned baccy products and ganja successful immoderate spot whitethorn pass the constabulary without revealing their individuality done Drug Free Tamil Nadu app, Mr. Saravanan said.
