Illegaly stocked drugs seized from quack clinic in Telangana
Telangana: In a recent raid conducted at a quack's clinic, the Drugs Control Administration, Telangana has seized drugs illegally stocked for sale.
On credible information, Drugs Control Administration officials, on 9 th May, 2025 raided the premises of a quack/unqualified practitioner R. Sathyanarayana, situated at D. No. 2-46, Grampanchayat Road, Vavilala Village, Jinnaram Mandal, Sangareddy District, who was conducting clinical practice without proper qualifications at his clinic.
During the raid, DCA officials detected 25 varieties of medicines, including antibiotics, analgesics, IV fluids etc. stocked at the premises without a drug licence. Expired Drugs were also found. Worth of the stock seized is Rs. 10,000/-. DCA officials detected several ‘antibiotics’ viz. Cefpodoxime, Amoxycillin, Metronidazole, etc, at the clinic during the raids.
Indiscriminate sale of antibiotics, by unqualified persons may have disastrous consequences on the health of public, including emergence of ‘Antimicrobial Resistance’.
Sri. G. Srikanth, Drugs Inspector, Jinnaram carried out the raid along with Sri. T. Praveen Kumar, Drugs Inspector, Bollaram, under the supervision of Sri. P. Ramu, Assistant Director, Patancheru. DCA officers lifted the samples for analysis.
Further investigation will be carried out, and action will be taken as per the law against all the offenders.
Since January 2024, the DCA has registered cases against 160 quacks for the illegal stocking and sale of drugs.
Wholesalers/Dealers who supply medicines to such unqualified persons, who are stocking and selling drugs without a drug license, are also punishable under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, and stringent action shall be taken against such Wholesalers/Dealers. Wholesalers/Dealers shall mandatorily ensure that the recipient entities hold a valid drug license before supplying medicines to them.
Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, issues drug licenses for the stocking and selling of medicines in accordance with the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Stocking drugs for sale without a drug license is punishable under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, with imprisonment for up to five years.
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