Overview

• Hyderabad Police arrested Mohd Sultan Khan alias Sulthan (38), Mohd Kabir Hussain alias Kabir (22) and Mohd Moid Pasha alias Moid (23) on charges of procuring and selling banned e-cigarettes in Abids.
• Officers seized multiple flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems, two two-wheelers and three mobile phones collectively valued at Rs.10 lakh.
• Task Force ADC P Ande Srinivasa Rao said the suspects were intercepted with various brands of e-cigarettes on their vehicles during a routine frisk.
• Investigators determined that Sultan sourced the devices from supplier Sami through Asif and routed them to customers via commission-based sellers Kabir and Pasha.
• The operation highlights continued enforcement of India’s 2019 ban on electronic nicotine delivery systems to curb youth vaping and protect public health.