Coimbatore: The city police arrested a man from RS Puram on Wednesday for possession of 600kg banned tobacco products worth Rs 5.4 lakh.
The arrested person is identified as Vikram Singh, 23, of Edayar Street. A special police team had raided the rented room of the accused on Edayar Street after receiving a tip-off.
Police booked Singh under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 and remanded him in judicial custody.
The city police had arrested two people a week ago for possession of 475kg of banned tobacco products from Lorrypet at Ukkadam.