Acting on a tip-off, the local crime branch intercepted the truck at Manor on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on October 4

Police have seized the banned gutka valued at Rs 17.53 lakh while it was being smuggled from Gujarat to Mumbai in a truck and arrested one person in this connection, an official said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.

Acting on a tip-off, the local crime branch intercepted the truck at Manor on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on October 4, a police release said, reported PTI. Read More

The police seized scented pan masala (gutka) valued at 17,53,488 and impounded the vehicle, the release said, reported PTI.

The vehicle's driver, hailing from Uttar Pradesh and a resident of Bhiwandi in neighbouring

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