Odisha: Truck Driver Fined More Than 44 Lakh Rupees For Illegal Trading Of Tobacco And Pan Masala
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Keonjhar: A joint staff of Commerce and GST Enforcement staff on Sunday performed a raid on the unlawful buying and selling of tobacco and pan masala and imposed a high quality of greater than 44 lakh rupees in Odisha’s Keonjhar district.
A 14-wheeler truck laden with 320 sacks of pan masala and 32 sacks of tobacco was on its option to Bhubaneswar from Delhi. However, it stopped at Murusuan village beneath Champua police limits of the district.
In the meantime, the Commerce and GST Enforcement staff, performing on a tip-off, reached the spot and performed a search operation within the automobile throughout which they discovered the pan masala and tobacco.
The involved officers requested the motive force of the automobile to point out paperwork associated to the pan masala and tobacco. However, as he couldn’t produce any doc, the automobile was pushed to Champua police station the place the issues had been unloaded and the motive force was fined Rs 44,64,272.
However, the automobile was allowed to go after the fined quantity was despatched by a person from Delhi.
