Hyderabad: The commissioner’s Task Force and Panajgutta police arrested a person who was involved in the illegal procurement and selling of banned E-Cigarettes that contain nicotine.
A total of 103 E-Cigarettes were seized from the possession of the accused, all worth Rs 4,00,000.
The accused, 34-year-old Satish is a Maharashtra native, who currently resides in Begumpet. He owns a bakery shop named Sona Bakery and Kirana.
As per the press release, the accused purchased a piece of land around 2 years ago at Begumpet and started to sell bakery items.
Due to inadequate money, he allegedly collected the banned E-Cigarettes at his bakery and sold them to customers at high rates.
According to the police, he used to procure E-Cigarettes at low prices from a Mumbai man named Mass through a courier, then sold them at high prices.
The police conducted a raid at his bakery shop, apprehend the accused, and seized E-Cigareetes.
Panjagutta SHO took his custody for further investigation.
