HYDERABAD: In four separate cases, the Drugs Control Administration (DCA) conducted raids in and around Hyderabad and Warangal. They seized medical shops, registered cases against quacks and confiscated misleading and falsely manufactured medicines.
In the first incident, DCA officials raided an unlicenced medical shop at Noorkhan Bazar, Charminar, operated illegally by Yahya Aslam Bin Mahfooz. Medicines worth Rs 18,000 were seized.
The officials also raided the clinics of two quacks, P Ravindran (Medchal-Malkajgiri) and Devasoth Gopal (Sangareddy), seizing medicines worth Rs 40,000. The confiscated items included antibiotics, steroids, anti-ulcer drugs, analgesics and cough syrups, all stocked without a drug licence.
In Warangal, officials discovered thioget tablets (thiamine hydrochloride 100 mg) falsely manufactured under an FSSAI licence, which legally requires a drug license under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
In Medchal-Malkajgiri and Bhupalpally, the DCA found medicines in circulation with misleading claims on their labels, such as treatments for leprosy, diabetes, BP, and urinary stones, violating the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act.