Thane: Spurious drugs worth Rs 1.85 crore seized, 2 booked
Thane: Spurious drugs worth Rs 1.85 crore have been seized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) personnel. The seizure followed raids conducted at a godown in Bhiwandi and another establishment in Mira Road area over the past few months.
A case has been registered against two persons in this connection, a police official.
The investigation suggested the accused were manufacturing and selling counterfeit medicines while falsely claiming them to be from the original manufacturers, an FDA official said in the complaint.
The drugs were distributed across multiple states, thereby deceiving patients and compromising public health, as per the complaint.
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According to PTI, the police on Saturday registered a case against the accused under various Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, including 318(4), (cheating), 276 (adulteration of drugs), 277(sale of adulterated drugs), 278 (sale of drug as a different drug or preparation) and 3(5) (criminal act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention of all), as well as provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
The police and FDA were conducting a probe to identify the manufacturing locations of these spurious drugs, source of the packaging materials and distribution channels, officials said.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Maharashtra had conducted raid at three different locations at Vasai, Dist. Palghar and found that M/s Gaharwar Pharma Products Pvt. Ltd. who had obtained licence to manufacture ayurvedic drugs at Haryana, was infact manufacturing drugs at Vasai without obtaining licence for manufacturing of drugs at this place, quoting licence details of Haryana.
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