Spurious Tobacco products raided in Bhiwandi Thane.
M ore than 73 million people smoke BIDI's in India,government gained in revenue 17% of the cost from the sale of tobacco products, the informal bidi market often escapes taxation. To make matters worse, the higher taxes for cigarettes move smokers towards BIDI' s, because they are under-taxed and cheaper. smoking bidis makes people even more prone to lung cancer than smoking cigarettes. Bidis contain more hazardous chemicals and nicotine than cigarettes. On 28/01/2020, Maharashtra Enforcement's legal team along with Bhiwandi shanti nagar Police and ACP team raided s purious Tobacco products at Bhiwandi Thane, seized more then 12 lakhs worth of duplicate goods and arrested person under copyright act. Raid Picture.