A local trader was fined 1 lakh for storing banned tobacco-based products, an official said on Thursday. Shimla municipal corporation health official Omesh Bharti fined the trader after five bags of gutka (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) and 5,300 pouches of pan masala were seized from him.
He has been fined under the food safety and standards act of 2006.
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Government on Oct 2, 2012, imposed a complete ban in the state on the sale, storage, manufacture and distribution of tobacco-based products.
Last year, three local traders were fined 1 lakh each for the same offence.
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