Officials of Food Safety and Drug Administration department seized one tonne of banned tobacco products from a house situated along Palladam - Manickapuram Road on Sunday evening.
K. Tamilselvan, the Food Safety Designated Officer, told The Hindu that the tobacco products were kept in the house which was used as a makeshift godown. “We have sent the samples of the items seized to government-recognised laboratories to officially ascertain that the materials were tobacco products,” he said.
Once the report was received, criminal prosecution would be initiated against the house owner, he added.
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