Nayagarh police on Friday seized a huge quantity of tobacco products (Gutkha) after conducting a raid on a factory in a forest area. Acting on a tip-off, a 25-member police team, led by DSP T Jagarao Reddy, busted the factory at Dhadimundia forest near Mahinsigothapalli in the district, and seized raw materials, polythene and machines used for making gutkha.
The factory was manufacturing tobacco products in ‘farm’ house and the products were being exported to other districts, said the police.”We have confiscated the banned products after conducting raid on the factory. The seized materials would run into lakhs of rupees,” the DSP said. Meanwhile, Food Inspector Nibedita Bhatta said that the department would take appropriate action as per the Food Act.