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In a major crackdown, the Delhi Police’s ISC Crime Branch has dismantled a counterfeit life-saving cancer chemotherapy drugs operation. Seven individuals were arrested, including two employees of a renowned cancer hospital in the capital.

The police also seized cash amounting to ₹4 crore. The counterfeit medicines recovered were from seven international and two Indian brands.

The operation involved simultaneous raids at four locations across Delhi and Gurugram. The ringleader was apprehended at DLF Capital Greens in Moti Nagar, New Delhi, where the counterfeit cancer medicines were being produced. The accused had rented two EWS flats for the manufacture and refilling of vials of counterfeit cancer medicine.

https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/counterfeits-of-these-cancer-medicines-have-been-seized-19260511.htm

Bengaluru: Fake detergent powder worth Rs 15 lakh was seized from a manufacturing unit at Madanayakanahalli, north Bengaluru. Accused Arjun Singh, who had been running the unit for two months, sold the detergent powder in the names of popular brands, Surf Excel and Wheel. He is absconding.

Police said they got a tip from FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Limited that fake versions of some of its products were being transported in a mini-goods vehicle (registration number KA-04-AC-4409) near Sampige Road, Malleswaram, on March 7.

Acting swiftly, police seized the vehicle and found the detergent powders were fake.
The driver claimed that he wasn’t aware of the fake products in his vehicle and was only transporting them to a godown.

“Acting on information provided by the driver, we raided the illegally manufacturing unit and seized the machinery used to manufacture the detergents. We also found empty packets resembling the brands of Surf Excel and Wheel,” a police officer explained.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/fake-soap-powder-worth-15l-seized-accused-on-the-run/articleshow/108446132.cms

The Palghar district rural police in Maharashtra seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 91.72 lakh from a truck, an official said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

The seizure was made by the police on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in Palghar district of Maharashtra, the official said, the news agency reported. According to the PTI, based on a tip-off, the Palghar Police officials intercepted the Gujarat-bound truck at Dahpchari checkpost on Monday, the official said.

While the truck driver managed to flee the scene, the police officials searched the truck and recovered IMFL worth Rs 91.72 lakh from the vehicle, he said. A case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Prohibition Act and further investigations in the matter are being done, the official said, according to the PTI.

https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-indian-made-foreign-liquor-worth-rs-91-73-lakh-seized-in-palghar-23339593

Bangalore: Malleswaram police raided a factory in Madanayakanahalli, Bangalore, and seized fake brand detergent powder. Malleswaram police raided the factory based on the information of the Hindustan Uni Lever organization about the counterfeiting of branded detergent powder.

Detergent items worth ₹20 lakh, and a mixing machine worth around ₹15 lakh including labels of various companies have been seized. Arjun Jain was running a factory and used to supply loads of detergent packs. Arjun Jain has been arrested by the Malleswaram police.

https://thehindustangazette.com/election/fake-brand-detergent-powder-seize-25844

The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) of Telangana seized fake medicines containing chalk powder and starch valued at Rs 33.35 lakh.

It was detected that fake medicines containing chalk powder and starch, were being sold in medical shops by a non-existent company, “Meg Lifesciences”.

Following detection, all medications purporting to be produced by “Meg Lifesciences” were subject to a “Spurious Drug Alert and Stop-Use Notice” from the DCA.

During searches, counterfeit drugs valued at Rs 33.35 lakh were seized.

Earlier, in a similar case, a drug manufacturing unit in Uttarakhand was busted for producing and selling counterfeit drugs containing chalk powder with labels of reputed pharmaceutical companies such as Cipla and GlaxoSmithKline.
Five people were also arrested in the operation.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/fake-medicines-containing-chalk-powder-worth-rs-333-lakh-seized-in-telangana-2511157-2024-03-06

Revenue officers have seized 13.3 million smuggled cigarettes at Dublin Port.

They were discovered when an unaccompanied trailer arriving from Zeebrugge in Belgium was searched.

The cigarettes have an estimated value of more than €11m (£9.4m) representing a potential loss to the Irish Exchequer of €8.9m. The brands included Marlboro Slims, Marlboro Gold and L&M Red.

A Revenue spokesperson said the seizure was part of “ongoing operations targeting the sale and supply of illegal cigarettes and tobacco in the shadow economy”.

They said inquiries were continuing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxxzwenz6wyo

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The Customs Department seized gold worth Rs 20 lakh from a female passenger who arrived from Sharjah on Tuesday. The gold was cleverly molded into a fine powder and concealed in a legging she was wearing during the trip.

On the basis of specific intelligence developed with profiling, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Indore Customs Commissionerate identified and intercepted one female passenger arriving from Sharjah to Indore from flight Air India Express AXB 256 dated March 5, 2024.

The said passenger is a freelance beautician, a resident of Delhi, traveling from Sharjah to Indore, and on being questioned, she stated that she was carrying gold for monetary consideration.

She was cleverly carrying gold in powdery form, sprayed, pasted, stitched, and concealed between the layers of cloth in the leggings she was wearing during the trip.

https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-sharjah-passenger-caught-smuggling-gold-worth-20-lakh-cleverly-molded-inside-her-legging-watch