Chemist shop owner among three arrested in Ghaziabad over illegal sale of cancer drugs
accused arrested
Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad crime branch has nabbed a trio allegedly behind the theft and illegal sale of cancer medicines intended for Delhi's Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), officials said.
The accused have been identified as Vishwas Tyagi (35) and Prince Tyagi (28) from Ghaziabad, and Akash Sharma (34) from Agra.
The three were reportedly supplying the stolen medicines to Maharashtra and other states.
As per PTI, the Police said the trio was also selling expired cancer drugs without adhering to mandatory temperature-controlled storage, putting patients at serious risk.
The ADCP added, “During the investigation, multiple medicines, including imported cancer medicines worth Rs 2.16 lakh, were recovered from their possession. The cost of these medicines is nearly Rs 19 lakh, and some of them are expired and were not stored under the prescribed temperature."
Police said Vishwas Tyagi, who runs a chemist shop, had earlier been arrested in a spurious drugs case registered by the Drugs Department. That case is currently under trial.
According to investigators, the gang used to erase the "Supply for CGHS" and "Not for Sale" stamps on the stolen life-saving drugs before selling them in the open market.
Drug inspector Ashutosh Mishra detailed the supply chain, saying, “A person in Delhi somehow managed to access the medicine from CGHS, and then he transferred it to Sharma, who then handed it over to Tyagi for sale. They used to erase the “not for sale” print and make a duplicate bill to avoid suspicion," he added that other supplies came from Punjab and Delhi for resale in Maharashtra.
A case under relevant sections of the Drug Act was registered at the Crime Branch, and further investigation is under way, ADCP Singh added.
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