Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said that Food and Drugs Administration has raided various districts of the State to control the sale of illegal drugs and has seized banned drugs of about Rs 2 lakh from over two dozen commercial places.
Vij said that Food and Drugs Administration had raided Fatehabad, Bhiwani, Karnal and Yamunanagar districts.
The FDA has raided 20 sites in Fatehabad and has recovered banned capsules, tablets and other drugs in large quantities. Similarly, about half dozens of shops have been raided in Assandh of Karnal district and recovered about 9,000 tablets of banned drugs and other drugs in large quantity, he added.
The Health Minister said that similarly, many places had been raided in Yamunanagar where banned drugs were recovered.
He said that many places had been raided in Dadri of district Bhiwani where illegally kept banned drugs were recovered from one chemist shop. In this matter, the FDA has arrested one person of Dadri and has recovered medicines of about Rs 10,000 from his possession.
Vij added that the State Government would not let the sale of banned drugs in the state and such people would be strictly dealt with.