Man held for illegal sale of tobacco

Police said that a special team had been monitoring the shop on Uthandi Road on suspicion for the last few days and found that the accused Mageshkumar Gupta was selling Mawa, a product banned by the state government. They also conducted a search in the godown and seized bags containing zarda tobacco, and other banned chewing tobacco. Police have arrested Mageshkumar, who lives in Kondithoppu, and lodged him in prison.