THE Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has seized a large quantity of tobacco, estimated at 35,000kg, from a tyre sales and repairs shop on Al Diffaa Road, near Al Saadah Bridge in Abu Dhabi.
The quantity seized comprises 700 sacks, each weighing 50kg in addition to 20 large barrels of raw tobacco, and 20 cartons comprising hundreds of bottles used for packing tobacco as well as processing, wrapping and grinding utensils. All the seized tobacco, processing equipment and packing tools from the site were confiscated.
