Hyderabad, March 18 -- Two individuals were apprehended by the Kulsumpura police on Wednesday, March 18, for preparing and selling adulterated pickles without a valid license. A total of 72 drums of pickle were seized during the raid.

According to the police, while the Kulsumpura police was patrolling the Jiyaguda area, they inspected a godown in Venkateshwara Nagar and came across two persons operating a large-scale pickle manufacturing unit "under extremely unhygienic conditions.'

The accused were found using spoiled vegetables and low-quality raw materials to prepare pickles, which were then sold to local stores at cheap rates, police said.

Seventy-two drums containing lemon, red chilli, raw tamarind, amla, and sorrel pickles were s...