Spurious drugs having a face value of Rs 55 lakh were seized from the godown of a transport company and the premises of a Baddi-based pharmaceutical company by a team of drug officials yesterday. This is the fifth seizure of spurious drugs since September last year.
Pharmaceutical firm Magnatek Enterprises, Baddi, was raided by a team of drug officials after the recovery of spurious drugs from the godown of a transport company, RS Roadline, located on the Sai road at Baddi on Sunday.
The said firm was earlier booked by the Baddi police in June 2021 for cheating and criminal conspiracy and for violating the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act for failing to provide the record of opioid etizolam salt. Though its licence was suspended by drug officials after the laxity came to fore, the suspension was later revoked.
State Drugs Controller Navneet Marwaha said the raid was conducted following a tip-off and preliminary probe into the nefarious activities of the drug firm.
“A spurious diabetes drug and a multivitamin, having a face value of Rs 55 lakh, manufactured in the name of Sikkim-based firms Mankind Pharma and Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited were seized from the godown,” the official said.