Andhra Pradesh: Chittoor Police seizes contraband worth Rs 16 lakh; arrests 12

TIRUPATI: Chittoor district police in Andhra Pradesh, on Monday, seized large quantities of prohibited chewing tobacco products and interstate liquor and arrested 12 accused on Monday.

Those arrested were identified as

Monti Saini

(24), S Rafi (27), M Jyotheeswar Reddy (33), A Subramanyam (57), K Balaji Naidu (62),

C Bharathi

(43), K Chennaraya (36), V

Nagaraja

(60), V Harish (21), K Madhu (42), J Subbaiah Chetty (43) and Ravi.

Police are on the lookout for one of the accused identified as Mahendra who managed to escape.