- Rs. 8,000 worth cigarettes and gutka seized from three shops
- Three persons fined Rs. 200 each for smoking in public
Mysore/Mysuru: In an effort to implement the COTPA ACT in city effectively, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) B.R. Poornima, along with the officials of the District Health and Family Welfare Department and the District Administration, conducted raids on various shops selling cigarettes and other tobacco products in the surroundings of Suburban Bus Stand on Feb. 12 evening. The team also seized cigarettes and other tobacco products worth about Rs. 8,000 from these shops for violating Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA). Three persons were also fined Rs. 200 each for smoking in public.
