Cafe Runaway Hookah bar raided three arrested for operating illegal hookah bar seized equipments

Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar

The Bengaluru international airport police on Tuesday raided a hookah bar and arrested three persons operating the bar illegally.

Based on a tip off,a team of police raided cafe runway bar situated at Kannamangala gate and arrested the manager identified as Athikhur Rahman along with two of his employees.

The police have seized 13 hookahs,15 packs of flavoured tobacco and other equipments from them.

The bar was owned by Waseem Ahmed and Mohammed Salman .

The police have registered a case under various sections of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act and also under Karnataka Police Act for further investigations.