‘Mawa’ factory unearthed, man arrested

Koyambedu police arrested a 24-year-old man from Maharashtra for allegedly making mawa, a banned tobacco product, and selling it to workers at Koyambedu market. Five kg of mawa tobacco, two bikes, grinders and mixer were seized from the accused, Jithendra Kumar Patel.

By :  migrator
Update: 2018-10-25 23:30 GMT
Jithendra

Chennai

When Jithendra was waiting at the market with his two-wheeler, police secured him on suspicion and found mawa hidden in the vehicle. 

On interrogation, police found out that he was making mawa at a house in Nerkundram. He was remanded in judicial custody.  Similarly, Tiruvottiyur police also arrested S Kumar (49), of the same locality, for secretly selling banned tobacco products. 

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