Crime Prevention and Detection Flying Squad set up by the Coimbatore Railway Security Force was involved in the inspection and when they searched a bag, which was suspiciously isolated, it was revealed that it contained 45 kg of banned tobacco products made in Odisha. Authorities have confiscated them and are investigating.
Coimbatore: Railway police officers seized tobacco products that were being smuggled on the Sabari Express train from Hyderabad to Thiruvananthapuram via Coimbatore. Authorities thursday seized 45 kg of banned tobacco products smuggled on a Sabari Express train. The sale of tobacco products, including Hans and Gutka, has been banned in Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile, the Sabari Express train from Hyderabad to Thiruvananthapuram was en route to Tirupur-Coimbatore thursday when the Crime Prevention and Detection Flying Squad set up by the Coimbatore Railway Security Force was involved in the inspection. At the time, a search of the bag, which was suspiciously isolated, revealed that it contained 45 kg of banned tobacco products made in Odisha. Authorities have confiscated them and are investigating.
Meanwhile, the Sabari Express train from Hyderabad to Thiruvananthapuram was en route to Tirupur-Coimbatore thursday when the Crime Prevention and Detection Flying Squad set up by the Coimbatore Railway Security Force was involved in the inspection. At the time, a search of the bag, which was suspiciously isolated, revealed that it contained 45 kg of banned tobacco products made in Odisha. Authorities have confiscated them and are investigating.