Rs 20,000 worth cigarettes seized

PANJIM: The Directorate of Food & Drugs Administration along with Food Safety Officers seized Rs 20,000 worth imported cigarettes for violating COTPA Act 2003 and the amended Rules 2014.

The cigarettes were confiscated from a transporting rickshaw at Margao, driven by one Mohamed Wasim and owned by his brother-in-law Dastgiri Sayyed. The imported cigarettes were reportedly transported from Hubbali to be sold at Margao.
The seized packets did not bear any specified health warning as stipulated under the Act and amended Rules.

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