Delhi Police Crime Branch have arrested three men and claimed to have busted a gang trafficking fake pharmaceuticals in the Capital. Police said fake medicines worth Rs50 lakh have been seized from them, which they used to manufacture in Punjab’s Mohali. Ten cartons of fake drugs worth Rs50 lakh were recovered from different hideouts. On Monday, police were tipped off about Manoj, a resident of Paharganj, involved in the sale and purchase of spurious drugs.
“It was also learnt that Manoj had stocked spurious drugs in a godown in Gali No. 8, Multani Dhandha, Paharganj and would be coming to there to deliver a consignment of fake drugs. The information was shared with officers from Drug Enforcement,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav. Drug inspectors Sanjay Kumar and GK Kapoor were deputed by Drug Enforcement to be part of the raid squad. “A raid was conducted at the said godown and Manoj (43) was apprehended. Three cartons of Zerodol-SP tablets, two cartons of Pantop-D capsules and five cartons of Pantop-DSR were found in the godown,” said Yadav.
Police registered a case under relevant sections at Crime Branch and on prodding Manoj further, a raid was conducted at a factory near Shakti Roadlines, Bhabat, Zirakpur, SAS Nagar district in Mohali, Punjab. Two more accused, namely Amit Dua (37) and Gulab Singh (36), were arrested from the factory premises and a strip packing machine used to pack capsules and tablets, three cartons of Pantop-DSR tablets, three cartons of Zifi-200, three cartons of Althrocin and three cartons of Mesacol were recovered from the spot. Amit Dua is the kingpin of the gang. His father owned a drugs factory — Dua Pharmaceuticals at Bahadurgarh, Haryana. He had studied up to Std VIII in DAV Public School, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi.