Hyderabad: The Task Force (South-East) team, along with the local police, arrested a man on charges of illegally procuring and selling banned electronic nicotine delivery systems, i.e. e-cigarettes at IS Sadan on Friday.
The arrested person Tharif Hussain (30), a two-wheeler dealer from Khalander Nagar, was caught while carrying a stock of e-cigarettes on his bike.
Investigations revealed that Hussain had procured the banned products from one Aizaz and was selling them to customers at higher prices for profit.
Police seized 90 e-cigarettes of different flavours, a bike and gadgets, altogether valued at Rs 2.5 lakh.
IS Sadan police have launched an investigation into the matter.
