Thane: Three people, including a delivery man of an e-commerce giant, have been arrested for allegedly possessing banned tobacco products worth Rs 1.65 lakh, an MBVV police station official said on Saturday.

"On the night of June 25, the trio were found roaming suspiciously with bags in Balaji Nagar. When these were examined, we found tobacco products. Sunny Chaurasia, Satish Gupta and Anil Chaurasia were arrested. One of them He is a delivery man from an e-commerce firm,” said senior inspector Suryakant Nayakwadi of Bhayandar police station.

They have been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 272 (adulteration of food or drink intended for sale), 273 (sale of noxious food or drink), and 328 (causing hurt by any means). A case has been registered under. Poisoning, etc., with intent to commit a crime) as well as FDA regulations, he said.