Amravati: Gutkha and scented tobacco products worth about Rs35 lakh being smuggled into Maharashtra from Madhya Pradesh were seized during nakabandi at Morshi. The driver of a four-wheeler was arrested, while a case has been registered against three others.
The driver admitted that the gutkha was brought from Pandhurna (MP) and was to be unloaded at godowns at Badnera and Amravati, said police. Police stopped the vehicle and recovered scented tobacco and gutkha. On the complaint of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officer Ghansham Dande, a case has been registered against four persons.
Assistant police inspector Nilesh Deshmukh of Special Inspector General of Police Office (Amravati Range) had received information on Monday that a large stock of gutkha was being brought into Amravati district. Police laid a trap on Monday under the guidance of Morshi police station in-charge Rahul Athawale.