Overview
- The Home Department prohibited the sale, storage, distribution, advertisement, promotion and display of rolling papers, pre‑rolled cones and similar products with immediate effect.
- The order, issued under Sections 163(2) and 163(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, makes violations prosecutable under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- The ban covers paan shops, tea stalls and kirana stores and extends to retail e‑commerce listings statewide.
- The notification cites products commonly called “Gogo paper” and lists titanium oxide, potassium nitrate/nitrite, artificial dyes, calcium carbonate and chlorine bleach as harmful components.
- Police have begun enforcement, with Surat’s Special Operations Group and Vadodara teams conducting raids after officials linked recent hybrid ganja seizures to the use of rolling papers and cones.