Telangana: DCA raids de-addiction center for illegal stocking, sale of medicines

Premises were found to be operating illegally without a valid drug license.

Hyderabad: The officials of the Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, acting on credible information regarding the illegal stocking and sale of medicines, raided the Helping Hand Society De-Addiction Treatment cum Rehabilitation Center at APHB Colony, Hanumakonda, on Monday. The premises were found to be operating illegally without a valid drug license, said V. B. Kamalasan Reddy, DG of Drug Control Administration.

During the raid, DCA officers detected the unauthorized stocking of a huge quantity of medicines for sale. A total of 40 varieties of medicines, including antibiotics, steroids, antihypertensives, antidiabetic drugs, etc., were found stocked for sale at the premises. The DCA officials seized stocks worth a total of Rs. 4.01 lakhs during the raid from the possession of Pottabathula Ramu, Director of the Helping Hand Society De-Addiction Treatment cum Rehabilitation Center, said the official.

J. Kiran Kumar, Drugs Inspector, Hanumakonda; M. Aravind Kumar, Drugs Inspector, Warangal; and A. Balakrishna, Drugs Inspector, Jangaon, were among the officers who carried out the raid.

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DCA officers lifted the samples for analysis. Further investigation will be carried out, and action will be taken as per the law against all the offenders.

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