Hyderabad, Nov. 12 -- WhatsApp orders, digital payments and Rapido deliveries. This was the business model of an e-cigarette racket busted by the EAGLE Force and Raidurgam police in Hyderabad on Thursday, November 12.

The State Task Force (STF), EAGLE Force, in coordination with the Raidurgam Police of the Cyberabad Commissionerate, conducted a joint operation at 'Smokin Spot' following a tip-off about the sale of banned e-cigarettes, including their supply to minors.

The team arrested 28-year-old Aboobacker Siddique, a Keralam native who managed the outlet while staying at a private hostel in Madhapur, Hyderabad.

They also seized 46 e-cigarettes/vapes, 49 foreign cigarette packets, two mobile phones, and two digital payment scanners....