Police arrest man from Pollachi for selling tobacco illegally and seized 40 kg of tobacco

The police received a tip-off that banned tobacco products were being sold in a shop in PKS Colony on Oothukadu Road in Pollachi city.


Coimbatore: The police received a tip-off that banned tobacco products were being sold in a shop in PKS Colony on Oothukadu Road in Pollachi city.

On the basis of this information, pollachi east police went there and raided the shop. At that time, it was found that there were banned tobacco products inside the shop. The police immediately arrested 40-year-old Chinna Bhaskar, a resident of the same locality.



The police also seized 40 kg of banned tobacco products from his possession for sale, triggering panic in the area.

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