Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Aug 22: The Barke police arrested four persons for possessing e-cigarettes after they raided the Saibeen Complex on Monday, August 21.
Police raided three shops - Amantrana, Unique World and Fantastic World in the complex and seized e-cigarettes worth Rs 2,70,000
The police registered a case under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act 2019, COTPA Act 2023, Cigarettes and other tobacco products (Packing and Labeling Rules 2020).
The accused arrested were identified as Swathi, 26, a resident of Sullia, Shivakumar, 34, a resident of Mannagudde, Hassan Sharif, 50, a resident of Kuttar Padav and Rahmatullah, 45, from Jeppu.
The raid was conducted under the direction of Police commissioner Kuldeep Jain, DCPs Anshu Kumar and Dinesh Kumar, ACP Mahesh Kumar and Barke police station personnel.
Among the four arrested, two were released on bail and produced to the court.
Earlier, the same shops were raided on March 30 and e-cigarettes worth Rs 6.8 lac were seized then.