Police raids on shops; 40 bags of gutka seized

Wanaparthy: Carrying out raids on kirana shops and pan shops selling gutkha, khaini, Goa and other banned tobacco substances to the customers in the district and seized the same in large amount from the shopkeepers.

After conducting a thorough inspection and based on prior information, the Wanaparthy police formed a special team and conducted raids on 8 shops and seized 40 bags of gutkha packets from their possession.

“Gutka, khaini, Goa and other tobacco products are banned by the government and anyone who is found selling it stealthy will be dealt with iron hand. We had conducted raids on 8 shops and seized 40 bags of Gutka packets. Cases have been booked against all those violators,” informed a police officer.