Hyderabad, June 6 -- A kirana shop owner was arrested in Alwal after he was caught selling cigarettes and gutka to minor children and operating his shop within 100 metres of a school, Telangana's EAGLE Force said on Saturday, June 6.

Acting on a tip received on its toll-free helpline 1908, EAGLE Force - the state police's anti-drug enforcement unit - conducted surveillance in coordination with Alwal Police and caught the owner of Om Sainath Kirana Shop, located near Makoons Kids Unplugged pre-school in Alwal, red-handed.

A case has been registered against the shop owner under Section 6 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) and Section 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act at Alwal Police Station. Selling tobacco products to ...