With the arrest of three miscreants, the sleuths of Special Task Force (STF) claimed to have busted a gang of racketeers supplying adulterated dietary food supplements in the market in the state.
Those arrested were identified as Sandeep Malik and Sanjay Arora, both of Gaziabad and Ravindra of Hapur districts. Cops recovered huge amount of prohibited and injurious drugs that the miscreants used to mix with the dietary food supplements and then they used to sell in the markets in the name of famous foreign brands dealing in food supplements. The drugs recovered included mass gainer vanilla ice-cream flavour, protein powder, cerium mass high protein and other substances.
Prohibited drugs like Siplactin, Duxon, starch powder, falvoured colours and 8 sacks filled with sugar and three packing machines were also recovered during the raid of the two establishments Mainapur Industrial Area Murad Nagar and Nandgram in Gaziabad. Cops got a tip off about the malpractice and they swung into action after they were directed for the same. Subsequently, a team comprising of food security officer, Foods and Drug department, forensic experts and a field unit of STF, Gaziabad raided the establishments. One their aide, Sachin of Bulandsahar escaped arrest.
The miscreants owned up their crime. They disclosed that they used to prepare the dietary food supplements adulterating the prohibited drugs. They then used to pack it in the wrappers of famous foreign brands to sell in the market. The cops said the recovered goods cost to Rs 10 lakh.