The police in Maharashtra`s Thane district have seized gutka and other banned tobacco products valued at over Rs 40 lakh from a container truck in Bhiwandi. 

As per PTI report, acting on a tip-off, the police on Friday intercepted a container truck near a godown in Bhiwandi and apprehended its two drivers. The container was carrying gutka and banned tobacco products worth Rs 40.8 lakh, said Assistant Commissioner of Police Shekar Bhagde from the Special Task Force, Crime Branch, Thane.