Four persons who illegally procured, transported and sold noxious tobacco products were apprehended by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (North Zone) team on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, inspector K Nageswar Rao and his team laid a trap near MK pan shop in Sultan Bazaar and intercepted an auto-rickshaw transporting gutka and apprehended Kumawath Nathuram, 29 from Madhapur, the main organiser of the gang, his associate SK Masood Ahmed, 41, from Jubilee Hills; Gandikota Venkataswami, 40, auto driver from Nanakramguda; and Malipatil Venkat Rao, 48, owner of MK pan shop and resident of Amberpet. The team seized banned tobacco products worth ₹6.75 lakh.
