Palghar, Oct 7 (PTI) Police here 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.

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.

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

The vehicle’s driver, hailing from Uttar Pradesh and a resident of Bhiwandi in neighbouring Thane district, was arrested, it said.

A case was registered against him under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Food Safety and Standards Act, the police said.

The poli

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