Mysuru: City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, which raided two hookah bars on Kalidasa Road and near Lalitha Mahal Palace for violating Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) yesterday, have seized various equipment and flavoured tobacco packets from the hookah bars.
The CCB Police first raided 18 Plus Ice Cafe on Kalidasa Road, which was found violating COTPA by facilitating minors to smoke tobacco and imposed a fine of Rs.31,200 on H.P. Purushotham, Manager of the hookah bar, besides seizing equipment and tobacco packets and sealing it.
