<p>A police official on Sunday said that two persons were arrested for allegedly stocking and selling banned gutkha and other tobacco items in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-man-held-for-running-prostitution-racket-in-mira-road-23368251" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Kalwa in Thane</a>, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>The official identified the two as Imran Harmud Ali and Sujal Pawar, who ran a paan shop and sold banned gutkha, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Items worth Rs 55,000 were seized from the two, who have been charged under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and FDA rules, the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-woman-travels-to-pakistan-by-obtaining-fake-documents-booked-with-man-23367020" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Kalwa police station </a>official added, reported PTI.</p>
<p>In another case, the Special Intelligence and Investigation Branch seized more than 63 lakh sticks of foreign brand cigarettes with an estimated value of Rs 6.5 crore from a container at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and arrested one of the masterminds, an official said on Saturday, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, located in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-police-bust-international-racket-of-sim-cards-use-for-cyber-fraud-3-held-23365148" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Nhava Sheva area</a> of Raigad district, is responsible for handling the import and export cargo clearance at the port.</p>
<p>The examination of an intercepted container found 63,16,000 cigarettes. The consignment was seized which was attempted to be smuggled by mis-declaring it as "PP Sports Flooring" material in the import documents, an official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>A unique modus operandi was adopted by smugglers who declared the consignment containing "sports flooring", reported PTI.</p>
<p>"One of the masterminds has been arrested by the Customs officials and further investigation is underway," the official added.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-4-held-for-cheating-builder-of-rs-66-75-lakh-23363960" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbra police</a> in the district has arrested a drug trafficker, a former accused in the 1997 Gulshan Kumar murder case, for possession of mephedrone or MD, an official said on Saturday, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Imtiaz Merchant, who was allegedly held with 60 gm of MD, is the brother of Abdul Rauf Merchant, main convict in the Kumar murder case, said an official, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Imtiaz himself too was an accused in the infamous 1997 murder case of the T-series founder but was acquitted, said senior inspector Anil Shinde of Mumbra police, reported PTI.</p>
<p>He had been allegedly selling drugs in Mumbra and Daighar police station limits for long, the official said, adding that a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered and further probe was on.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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