New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Delhi Drugs Control Department has identified 26 spurious or counterfeit drug samples following extensive inspections and testing across the capital, as the government steps up its crackdown on illegal medicine trade.
During the previous quarter, the department conducted 569 inspections, detecting 272 violations, including 86 cases involving habit-forming and psychotropic substances. It also tested 433 legal samples and collected 43 specimen samples, of which 26 were declared spurious or counterfeit. In a separate enforcement action, a joint team of the Drugs Control Department and Delhi Police's Crime Branch seized suspected illegal medicines worth Rs 13.29 lakh during a raid in Daryaganj. The raid, conducted near T-Point on Padam Chand Marg following specific information, led to the apprehension of a person found transporting five cartons containing Bio-D3 Plus, Voveran SR 100 and Amaryl MV 2 mg in a WagonR car. The person allegedly failed to produce valid drug licences or purchase and sale records. Some Voveran SR 100 strips were also found without essential details, including batch number, manufacturing and expiry dates.
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