Oman: About 3,000 Bags of Chewing Tobacco Seized in Muscat

Oman: About 3,000 Bags of Chewing Tobacco Seized in Muscat

About 3,000 packages and bags of chewing tobacco to be used and sold as raw materials were seized in Muscat Governorate. Law Enforcement Officers at the Consumer Protection Authority (CPA) managed to seize nearly 3,000 packages and bags of smokeless chewing tobacco as raw materials for manufacturing and selling. An expatriate worker was caught manufacturing, trading and selling this tobacco in Qurayyat.

CPA, in cooperation with the Royal Oman Police (ROP), has received a report of a suspicious movement of a worker in the industrial area in the wilayat of Qurayyat. This campaign comes from CPA’s control and inspection efforts in all governorates to combat the spread of these toxins among members of society, stop their circulation, seize violators, and present them for trial as per the provisions of the Consumer Protection Law, its executive regulations, and the decisions issued by it.

In cooperation with the Royal Oman Police, CPA has received a notification about a place used for trafficking in chewed, smokeless tobacco in the industrial area in the Wilayat of Qurayyat. The law enforcement officers moved to the notification site and conducted necessary investigations and surveillance.

Based on the information collected, an ambush was made by one of the law enforcement