Illegal stock of e-cigarettes in Talapady: Ullal Police arrest one, seize items worth Rs 37,000
Ullal: In an operation conducted in Talapady village on Wednesday night, Ullal Police arrested a man who had illegally stocked e-cigarettes in white sacks outside a house and also seized the sacks.
The arrested man is identified as Nawaz.
The police team, led by Ullal Police Station Sub-inspector Siddappa Naranoora, reportedly conducted the raid on Wednesday night, on getting information from reliable sources that e-cigarettes had been stored illegally at a house in Talapady.
The police officer and personnel are learned to have confiscated e-cigarettes manufactured by various companies and said to be worth Rs 37,000. Nawaz had accumulated the e-cigarettes without permit and was attempting to sell tm, the police officers have said.
A case has been filed against the accused by the police officers, who are continuing the investigation further.
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1,000 buses checked in Andhra, over 200 penalised for violations: Transport minister
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Amaravati (PTI): Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister M Ramprasad Reddy on Saturday said over 1,000 buses have been checked across the state and 236 penalised for lacking proper documents.
Reddy's remarks come in the wake of four ghastly bus accidents claiming 45 lives, of these 33 charred to death, and injuring several others within six months.
"We are taking intense action to avoid road accidents. Across the state, we checked 1,036 buses. Cases have been registered, and penalties were slapped against 236 buses without proper documents," he said in an official press release.
According to the minister, authorities have undertaken checks at 16 points, including toll plazas and check-posts, across the state.
The transport minister promised regular checking drives and stringent action against violations.
Reddy asserted that the government gives 'primacy to passenger safety' and called on everybody to adhere to the law.
