Police Raid Hookah Café in Manipal; Case Registered Against Manager and Eight Others Under COTPAManipal: Acting on credible information about the alleged illegal consumption of hookah, the Manipal Police raided the DRNK LAB Café in Vidyaratnanagar and registered a case under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) against the café manager and eight customers. The team inspected the DRNK LAB Café, located on the first floor of IRIS Plaza on D.C. Office Road. During the raid, police allegedly found eight young men smoking hookah inside the café. Police also detained the café’s manager and cashier, Mohammed Shafan (22), a resident of Mannur village in Bantwal taluk, who allegedly supplied hookah to the customers. Based on the findings of the raid, the Manipal Police registered a case under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) against the café manager and the eight individuals allegedly found consuming hookah.