Three persons were arrested for alleged possession of gutka and banned tobacco products worth Rs 69 lakh in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Saturday.

Based on a tip-off, a team from Narpoli police station raided a godown in Rahnal village of Bhiwandi on Friday and seized a stock of the banned substances and two vehicles used to transport the same, assistant police inspector Chetan Patil said.