An assistant police sub-inspector attached to Waliv police station was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly selling cigarettes of a foreign brand worth Rs 2.16 crore that had been seized. He allegedly sold them in the market. The police had seized a tempo carrying 150 bags of the brand, Gudang Garam, worth Rs 3.24 crore in December 2018. They decided to keep them in the seized tempo.

The incident came to light when the tempo owner filed for return of property and the court asked the police to return it. When the police recounted the bags, they found 100 of the 150 missing.