Team Goemkarponn
MOPA: As he was getting ready to depart for his native country, a Russian national was discovered in possession of an electronic cigarette, which is prohibited in India, at the Manohar International Airport in North Goa, according to police.
After an offense was reported at the Mopa airport police station, officers arrested the Russian, Eroshkin Aleksei, who was concealing the electronic cigarette in his socks, according to an official.
According to a police spokesperson, the accused was discovered in possession of the prohibited product just before he boarded an Aeroflot flight to Russia from the airport.
According to the spokesman, Rajesh Kumar Manjhee, a CISF employee, lodged a complaint against the foreign national with the airport police and was charged under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarette (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage, Advertisement) ordinance, 2019.
He stated that the accused had received a notice under section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) requesting that he come before the police.
