Hyderabad: Two held in Jubilee Hills for selling cigarettes to minors

Acting on tip off, the TSANB kept surveillance on two kirana shops located at Jubilee Hills and noticed that the shop owners were selling cigarettes to minor boys

Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau along with Jubilee Hills police conducted a sting operation and caught two persons who were found selling cigarettes to minor boys. The minors who were buying the cigarettes were also detained.

Acting on tip off, the TSANB kept surveillance on two kirana shops located at Jubilee Hills and noticed that the shop owners were selling cigarettes to minor boys. The team recorded the activity using hidden cameras and took into custody the shop owners Gandham Pramila (48) and K Venkateshwara Rao (55).

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Both the persons were handed over to the Jubilee Hills police. A case under Sections of COTPA Act and Juvenile Justice Act was registered against the shop owners. The two boys were one studying in tenth standard and the other pursuing intermediate first year were counselled in presence of their parents and let off.