Team Goemkarponn
MOPA: The Mopa Airport Police have registered a case against a 35-year-old Mumbai resident after an electronic cigarette, allegedly concealed inside a power bank box, was detected during security screening at Manohar International Airport on October 25.
According to the complaint lodged by Avinash Shukla, Sub-Inspector/Executive of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), attached to the CISF Unit at Manohar International Airport, the incident occurred at around 9 am in the Domestic Security Hold Area (SHA).
The passenger, identified as Devesh Bitra, 35, a resident of Shastri Nagar, Andheri West, Mumbai, was scheduled to travel to Mumbai on IndiGo flight 6E5018, seated at 14A.
During screening at the Automated Tray Retrieval System (ATRS), security personnel allegedly detected one electronic cigarette or vape concealed in a box containing a power bank.
Following the incident, Mopa Airport Police registered Crime No. 39/2026 at 12.53 pm on October 25 under Sections 4(i), 5, 7 and 8 of the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage, Advertisement) Ordinance, 2019.
The passenger was issued a notice under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) on October 25.
Further investigation is being conducted by PSI Akshay Parsekar of the Mopa Airport Police Station.
