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.
