The rural police based on a tip-off received information on the sale of banned gutkha products in a shop near Kinathukadavu, conducted a raid and arrested the dealer, seizing the hoarded contraband.
Coimbatore: Shop-keeper in Kinathukadavu was arrested for hoarding and illegal sale of gutkha.
The Kinathukadavu police station Inspector Senthil Kumar received information that gutkha tobacco products were being sold at a shop on Pollachi Road in Kovilpalayam near Kinathukadavu.
Police, rushed to the spot and conducted a search. They subsequently seized the gutkha tobacco products for sale hoarded in the shop and arrested the shop owner Manikandan.
Investigation is underway.
The Kinathukadavu police station Inspector Senthil Kumar received information that gutkha tobacco products were being sold at a shop on Pollachi Road in Kovilpalayam near Kinathukadavu.
Police, rushed to the spot and conducted a search. They subsequently seized the gutkha tobacco products for sale hoarded in the shop and arrested the shop owner Manikandan.
Investigation is underway.