Ludhiana, April 9 -- Busting an "illegal" fertiliser manufacturing and packaging unit in Jagraon, the police, in coordination with the agriculture department, arrested a person, officials said on Wednesday.

The raid was conducted by a team led by agriculture joint director (plant protection) Narendra Singh Bainipal and chief agriculture officer Gurdeep Singh at a unit named "Rafa Biotech," located behind a dhaba. The unit was being run by Manoj Kumar, a resident of Kothe Sher Jung village.

During the inspection, officials seized a large quantity of zinc sulphate (33%) and manganese sulphate, which were being packed under the names of different companies. Packets bearing labels of reputed brands were also seized. Samples of the products ...