Cuttack: Continuing the drive against spurious materials, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch has seized about 1.5 quintals of fake tobacco products and arrested one person in connection with the case.
The accused has been identified as Sanjay Kumar Sahoo of Sujan Nagar Patna.
Acting on reliable inputs against illegal storage, manufacture and selling of duplicate/fake tobacco products, the STF officials conducted raids at Adaspur under Oltapur PS in the district. As a result, heavy quantity of duplicate tobacco materials weighing about 1.5 quintals (approx.) were seized from the possession of the accused Sanjay Kumar Sahoo.
Case No. 61/2021has been registered against the accused Sanjay under Sections 379/411 IPC & Section 20 of Cotpa Act, 2003 and further investigation is on.