The City police on Saturday night seized banned tobacco products worth ₹2 lakh from a car at Areekkad.
The squad led by Circle Inspector Suresh Kumar from the Nallalam station also arrested two Puthiyangadi natives — Safeer Hameed and Hashim Hussain Koya — in connection with the incident.
The police said there were 6,000 packets of banned products with the duo. They were suspected of using luxury vehicles regularly for smuggling.