Six persons were arrested by the police when the drug inspector Manvendra Rana raided an unlicensed drug manufacturing unit in Roorkee area of Haridwar. The drug inspector had been receiving information about spurious medicines being manufactured at a unit in the Salempur Rajputana area of Roorkee for many days.
Raiding the said location along with the police, the inspector found the complaints to be true. The unit which generally operated during the night was found to be in use for making a brand of tablets used to reduce the excess acid made in the stomach. Six people were caught red-handed while manufacturing the tables. When asked, they were unable to provide the drug manufacturing license. A large quantity of medicines, equipment and packing material were also recovered from the unit. Rana said that the unit has been sealed. The connections of those operating this unit are also being investigated.