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Leh, Dec, 19: A team consisting of squad members under COTPA (Cigarette and other tobacco product Act) headed by District Health Officer Leh along with officers/officials representatives from Police Station etc conducted a surprise checking of various shops after receiving complaints from different education institution.
The team inspected various shops near different education institutions and seized numbers of cigarette and other tobacco products valued in thousands of rupees and were destroyed on the spot in presence of all squad members, and imposed Rs. 7,000/- from three violators, as penalty under the rules.
In this connection, the shopkeepers are warned to be cautious, failing which their shops license will be cancel if found selling tobacco under the 100 yards of any education institutions, and the violators will be dealt very seriously under the COTPA rules.
Now, it is also a questions on Jammu Administration & other districts, to act like it to streamline the system
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