According to the police, the officials of Unit 10 of the Mumbai Crime Cranch had initially received a tip-off that two men with a huge quantity of e-cigarettes would be reaching the Vile Parle area on February 24
According to the police, a team led by Police Inspector Pramod Kumbhar raided a shop at Hill Road in Bandra west on February 17 night after receiving information on the sale of e-cigarettes and hookah flavours
According to the police, on February 16, the officials of Unit 7 of the Mumbai Crime Branch raided two shops selling the banned e-cigarettes in Chembur area and arrested three people in the matter
According to the police, the officials received information regarding the sale of e-cigarettes in some shops in the Juhu area. The shops are allegedly located close to schools. E-cigarettes worth Rs 4,45,900 and foreign cigarettes worth around Rs 96,258 were seized by the police