Pune: Two shopkeepers based in Ghorpade Peth allegedly ordered flavoured tobacco using the bills of a garment company a month ago. Sale and consumption of flavoured tobacco are banned in Maharashtra.Khadak police have registered two separate FIRs against these shopkeepers and seized tobacco worth over Rs6.30 lakh. According to Khadak police, the two shopkeepers ordered the flavoured tobacco from a firm based in Uttar Pradesh about a month ago.An officer from Khadak police said, “To avert the attention of the authorities, the shopkeeper bought the flavoured tobacco in Maharashtra by generating bills of garments instead of flavoured tobacco. After receiving a tip-off about the tobacco, we raided these two shops and seized the flavoured tobacco.”
