{
  "id": 8507973,
  "title": "Maharashtra FDA Seizes Banned Gutkha, Pan Masala Worth ₹1.13 Crore After 6-Hour Chase From Samruddhi Expressway To Pune; Probe Underway",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/maharashtra-fda-seizes-banned-gutkha-pan-masala-worth-1-13-crore",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T17:26:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-fda-seizes-banned-gutkha-pan-masala-worth-113-crore-after-6-hour-chase-from-samruddhi-expressway-to-pune-probe-underway"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai, September 19, 2026: A six-hour dramatic chase from the Samruddhi Expressway to Pune ended with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intercepting a truck at Chakan-Talegaon Chowk and seizing prohibited gutkha and pan masala worth Rs 1.13 crore on Friday. Route Change Triggers Chase Acting on confidential information at around 2 pm on September 18, FDA teams began tracking a Tata truck…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}