Gutka worth Rs.50 lakh seized at RC Puram in Hyderabad

The Special Operations Team (SOT) of Cyberabad has nabbed 19 people indulging in illegal sale of gutka at RC Puram and Chandanagar on Wednesday. Police seized 11 four-wheelers and gutka worth Rs.50 lakh and other tobacco material from their possession.

Acting on a tip-off, the Madhapur SOT along with RC Puram and Chandanagar cops intercepted 11 four-wheelers on Wednesday morning.

Police arrested T Ramesh, I Anil, Ch Rakesh, S Ramesh, M



Ramesh, Md Shakeel Ahmed, Md Amjad Ali, Md Ghouse, Amjad, Abdul Sami, Sk Irfan Pasha, Md Jawed, Sk Sharukh, B Bharath, Syed Salman, Md Sameer, Md Faizuddin, Natshu Khan and Dinesh Kumar. They confessed to police that gutka was being smuggled into Telangana by road from Bidar in neighbouring Karnataka.

The arrested persons along with seized property were produced before the court. The culprits were sent to judicial remand.