GUNTUR: Officials of Vigilance and Enforcement and Agriculture departments conducted raids at two places and seized pesticides worth `4 lakh in Guntur on Tuesday. Agriculture officer K Venkat Rao said a few unidentified persons were supplying pesticides worth `1.5 lakh to Ramakrishna Agencies of Nagarampalem and pesticides worth `2.5 lakh to Hanuman Agencies of Patnam Bazar through Kranti Road Transport Pvt Ltd.
A few unidentified persons procured pesticides from Crystal Crop Protection Private Limited, Tamron Astra Bio-Chemicals Private Limited and Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd. Criminal cases were booked against unidentified persons for failing to produce the bills when demanded by officials.