India, June 14 -- The police busted a counterfeit manufacturing unit of well-known gutkha brand, set up at a farmhouse in Virar East, on Wednesday. As many as 10 individuals have been booked in the case, and the police are trying to trace them.

Acting on a tip-off on Wednesday evening, the Extortion Prevention Department of Mira Bhayander- Vasai Virar police commissionerate raided a farmhouse in Karanjon village of Virar East named "Holiday Cottage" for allegedly making fake gutkha of a well-known brand. The police seized substances worth Rs.15 lakh and raw material worth Rs.8.30 lakh from the farm house. A case has been registered with the Mandvi police against 10 people allegedly involved in running the fake manufacturing unit. "We are...