Thane crime: As many as seven paan shop owners have been arrested for allegedly stocking and selling banned gutka and tobacco products in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Friday, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, a team of officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday conducted raids and found some paan shop owners stocking up on banned gutka and tobacco products, sub-inspector Ranjit Walke of the Narpoli police station of Bhiwandi division said on Friday.