Vadodara Police Seize Rs 10 Lakh Worth E-Cigarettes, Arrest Accused in Crackdown

In a crackdown on the illegal sale of electronic cigarettes, the Vadodara police on Tuesday seized e-cigarettes worth Rs 10 lakh from the residence of a man, who was arrested under the provisions of the COTPA Act 2003 (Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003) as well as Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (PECA) Act, 2019. Police identified the arrested accused as Saifan Iqbal Memon. The Vadodara Special Operations Group (SOG) acted on a tip-off received by assistant sub-inspector Jayendrasinh Bhimsinh regarding the alleged sale of e-cigarettes by Memon from his apartment on Ajwa Road, even as police teams were on a drive against the sale and consumption of tobacco.