Hyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) officials on Friday raided an unlicensed godown at Amberpet and seized huge stock of medicines worth Rs 20.52 lakhs.
Based on a tip off, the Drugs Control Administration officials raided a godown located at Ali Cafe, Azad Nagar, Amberpet and found that one Mohd. Basheer Ahmed was operating it without a drug licence and carrying out illegal sale of medicines.During the raids, the DCA officials found several cardboard shipper cartons in the godown containing huge quantities of medicines.
“Forty varieties of medicines including higher generation antibiotics, paediatric syrups, anti-ulcer drugs, analgesic drugs, antibiotic injections, antimalarial drugs were found in the godown during the raid. The labels of most of the medicines found in the godown bear the name of ‘Ashley Pharmatech Pvt. Ltd.’, Khasra No. 24, Farm House No. 103, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 as ‘marketer’ and bear the details of various manufacturers of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand,” the DCA DG V B Kamalasan Reddy said.
Huge stocks of drugs supplied by Telangana government were also found in the godown. Telangana Government supply drugs ‘Amoxycillin Capsules IP 500 mg’ manufactured by Goa Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Pernem, Goa and ‘Azithromycin Tablets IP 500 mg’ manufactured by Stride Organics Pvt. Ltd., Ghatkesar, Medchal District were found in the godown.
During the raid, Mohd. Basheer Ahmed failed to disclose the ‘source of supply’ of the medicine stocks. Mohd. Basheer Ahmed failed to produce the purchase bills regarding the medicine stocks. He said he was supplying the medicines to several medical shops in the state without any sale bills.
The stocks of medicines, which are suspected to be spurious/counterfeit, have been seized by the officers during the raid. The total worth of medicines seized during the raid is estimated to be around Rs. 20.52 lakhs.
