Superintendent of Police M. Sree Abhinav inspecting the banned gutkha packets seized from a house in Cuddalore on Friday | Photo Credit: Special ArrangementCUDDALORE14 August 2020 14:29 ISTThe products were at a house that had a to-let board, and are worth several crores of rupees, police saidIn a major haul, the Cuddalore police seized banned gutkha products valued at several crores from an illegally-operated godown in a house in K.N. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Cuddalore Deputy Superintendent of Police, K. Shanthi, raided the house and found a large quantity of gutkha stocks there. Speaking to The Hindu, he said that the house had a to-let board and was illegally functioning as a godown. The ground floor of the house was stocked with banned gutkha products including khaini and other chewable forms of tobacco products. The exact value of the seized products would be known only after an inspection by Food Safety Department officials, he said.

Source: The Hindu August 14, 2020 09:00 UTC