Thane police intercepted a tempo transporting banned tobacco products worth Rs 13.82 lakh, cops said on Wednesday. A report in the PTI stated that the cops were acting on a tip-off they received.

The report added that based on the received information, the cops had set up a trap beneath Rajnoli Bridge in the Bhiwandi area on Monday. They identified the tempo and intercepted it, a Kongaon police station official told PTI.