Mumbai Police seizes e-cigarettes, vaping devices being sold to students

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Jul.18.2022

The Mumbai Police launched a crackdown on the sale and supply of electronic cigarettes, vaping devices, e-cigarette refills, liquids, flavoured hookah tobacco and conducted raids at twelve places in the city. A total of 11 people have been arrested in this regard.

Mumbai Police seizes e-cigarettes, vaping devices being sold to students

The Crime Branch department of Mumbai Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) had received information that e-Cigarettes, vaping devices, refills and other items were being sold and supplied mostly in south Mumbai and western suburbs.

Acting on a tip-off, 12 squads of the Crime Branch conducted raids at Crawford Market, Nagpada, Heera Panna market, Carter road, Link square Mall, Pali naka, Malad West on Thursday. Police also received input regarding the online sale of banned items in another place and a raid was carried out.

CASE FILED

During the raid, 2030 e-cigarettes, 963 boxes of hookah flavours weighing around 120 kgs, perfumed tobacco, 53 bottles containing 2200 ml e-cigarette refills worth Rs 14.60 lakhs were seized. A case has been filed against 11 people under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which prohibits the sale of banned items.

The use, import ,sale and manufacture of e-cigarettes and vaping devices has been banned in the country by the Central Government from 2019.

Officials said that the action will continue and more arrests are likely in coming days.

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