Flying Squads of West Siang Raid Shops Under COTPA

Our Correspondent

Itanagar: Three teams of flying squads of West Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh, led by DSP S Thinley, Tax & Excise Inspector D Ango, chairman of Mothers’ Vision Jumde Gamlin and others raided shops and seized large quantities of tobacco products sold in contravention to provision of various section of The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA) on Monday.

The day-long raids were confined to shops within the radius of 100 yards from the schools and colleges after a detail briefing by Dr Jombom Kato, Nodal officer and DPO of District Tobacco Control Centre (DTCC) on modalities to be adopted during the raids following all formalities.

The raid was necessitated as many shops were selling tobacco products despite prohibitory orders issued by the district administration and raids by the police earlier, an official communiqué informed here.

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