<p>The Central Crime Branch (CCB) seized 1,670 e-cigarettes by raiding six places in different parts of the city on Tuesday. </p>.<p>Officers of the Anti-Narcotic Wing led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ramachandra B raided four shops in Koramangala, one in Banaswadi and a warehouse in Pulakeshinagar after receiving information that e-cigarettes were being sold there, the CCB said in a statement. </p>.<p>India has banned the use and sale of e-cigarettes since September 2019. However, police say, shopkeepers with links to smugglers of foreign goods continue to sell e-cigarettes illegally. There is a huge demand for e-cigarettes from students, techies, businessmen and actors. </p>.<p>These shopkeepers have regular customers and sell each e-cigarette for Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000. </p>.<p>The e-cigarettes seized during the raids are worth Rs 41 lakh and were smuggled in from China, the statement said. </p>.<p>The CCB has arrested seven people, including shopkeepers and the in charge of the warehouse. </p>.<p>Three separate cases have been registered under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019, at the respective police stations. </p>
<p>The Central Crime Branch (CCB) seized 1,670 e-cigarettes by raiding six places in different parts of the city on Tuesday. </p>.<p>Officers of the Anti-Narcotic Wing led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ramachandra B raided four shops in Koramangala, one in Banaswadi and a warehouse in Pulakeshinagar after receiving information that e-cigarettes were being sold there, the CCB said in a statement. </p>.<p>India has banned the use and sale of e-cigarettes since September 2019. However, police say, shopkeepers with links to smugglers of foreign goods continue to sell e-cigarettes illegally. There is a huge demand for e-cigarettes from students, techies, businessmen and actors. </p>.<p>These shopkeepers have regular customers and sell each e-cigarette for Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000. </p>.<p>The e-cigarettes seized during the raids are worth Rs 41 lakh and were smuggled in from China, the statement said. </p>.<p>The CCB has arrested seven people, including shopkeepers and the in charge of the warehouse. </p>.<p>Three separate cases have been registered under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019, at the respective police stations. </p>
