Nashik, Jun 22 (PTI) Illegal gutkha worth Rs 87 lakh was seized in Trimbakeshwar in Nashik on Thursday, a police official said.

Acting on a tip-off, a container truck going from Delhi to Bhiwandi near Mumbai was stopped and a search yielded illegal gutkha worth Rs 87 lakh, he said.

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In the last 15 days, gutkha worth Rs 1.32 crore has been seized and 90 persons arrested in several cases under the jurisdiction of Nashik rural police, he added.

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