Mumbai police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials launched a three-day joint operation on Tuesday, April 25.
Under this mission, the cops and officials demolished over 320 illegal pan and beedi shops, including those located with 100 yards/meters of schools and colleges.
The action against pan beedi shops is part of the anti-NDPS drive.
The police have registered 35 FIRs so far, officers said on Thursday, April 27. Also, 1,766 people have been fined for smoking in public places under The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003.
In addition, the Gamdevi police and officials from D ward demolished the popular pan shop, Muchhad Paanwala, along with two others near Stefan Church at B D Road in south Mumbai on Thursday, April 27.
The police have filed 36 FIRs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPC) Act after seizing MD, ganja and phosphate syrup. They also checked 516 habitual drug-addicts and arrested 36 for possession of drugs.
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