Officials from the Bhutan Narcotics and Control Authority (BNCA) have fined 24 people for illegal possession of tobacco products in Samdrup Jongkhar.
The authority collected a little over Nu 25,000 in fines from the defaulters. They were caught as the BNCA team along with police, customs and RTSA officials during a daylong inspection along the Samdrup Jongkhar-Dewathang highway yesterday.
Most of the defaulters were construction workers from India. The officials briefed them on the country’s rules and regulations governing possession and use of tobacco products.
