Hyderabad, June 11 -- The Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, has seized medicines worth Rs 5.51 lakh from an unlicensed medical shop operating in Choppadandi village of Karimnagar district.

Acting on credible information about the illegal sale of medicines, DCA officials raided a medical shop in Choppadandi village on June 10. During the inspection, officials found that the shop was allegedly being run by Mallarapu Akhil without a valid drug licence.

28 varieties of medicines seized

Officials detected a large stock of medicines being stored and sold from the premises. A total of 28 varieties of medicines, including antibiotics, intravenous (IV) fluids, analgesics, in-vitro diagnostic test kits and other drugs, were found st...