Fake tobacco manufacturing unit busted in Cuttack; products worth Rs 8 lakh seized

Cuttack: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch busted an adulterated tobacco manufacturing unit in Dahapatna area under Baranga police limits in Cuttack district late last night.

Acting on a tip-off about manufacturing, sale and storage of duplicate tobaccos, a STF team conducted a crackdown on the unit and arrested one Nibas Sahoo in this connection.

The cops also seized adulterated tobacco products weighing 2.5 quintal from the factory. The seized items were estimated to be around Rs 8 lakh.

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Duplicate tobaccos manufactured in the factory were being sold under different reputed brands. A case has been registered in this regard under Sections 379, 411, 417 and 420 of IPC and section 20 of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (COTPA) Act, 2003.  Further investigation is underway, said Crime Branch sources.

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