Sangli: On Wednesday Gutkha worth Rs11.60 lakh, which was being imported from Karnataka for trade in Sangli, was seized at the Mhaisal border check post . The driver of the vehicle has been arrested. In view of the Lok Sabha election in Mhaisal on the Miraj Kagwad state highway, a endless naka with labor force has been stationed at the border to help any listed incident and maintain law and order.
On Wednesday autumn, the pick-up vehicle bearing enrollment number MH 10 CR 0641, was coming from Karnataka to Miraj with banned gutkha in the state. The vehicle was trying to overtake a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus. Police sub-inspector Poonam Magdum and bobby Praveen Kamble interdicted the vehicle and set up gutkha worth Rs11.60 lakh stuffed in the bag. The motorist is Sohail Sheikh, 28yrs, has been arrested.
The action was taken in the presence of the team head Mahesh Kumar Lande, Sunil Kore, Rakesh Shinde and Raju Patil. Police inspector of Miraj pastoral police station, Bhairu Talekar, visited the spot. On this occasion, Vikas Bhosale of Miraj Rural Police Station, Bharat Pawar, along with his associates, were present. The police recovered Rs16 lakh, a auto and a mobile phone from them.