About two tonnes of banned tobacco products worth about Rs 17 lakh were seized from a house at Ponnaiahrajapuram area in the city today,police said.
The seizures were made on a tip off that a large quantity of products were stored in the house,Food Safety and Standards Authority of India officials raided it and found the products in 36 bags,estimated to be worth about Rs 17 lakh,police said.
FSSAI has seized a little over 1,000 kg of the banned products during raids on two premises recently.
One person has been taken into custody for questioning, they said.