Hyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, conducted raids on Thursday, uncovering illegal drug sales, overpriced medicines and misleading advertisements across multiple locations.

Stringent actions are being initiated against the violators as per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.

Raids on clinics operated by quacks

DCA officials raided clinics run by unqualified individuals posing as rural medical practitioners (RMPs) in Bijwar Village (Narayanpet District), Bodu Village (Bhadradri-Kothagudem District) and Bachupally Village (Medchal-Malkajgiri District).

Details of the accused and the seized drugs include:

• D Narsimha (Bijwar Village, Narayanpet District): 41 varieties of medicines.

• Masipaka Anvesh (Bodu Village, Bhadradri-Kothagudem District): 29 varieties, including 12 physician’s samples.

• Gantha Dharmaraju (Bachupally Village, Medchal-Malkajgiri District): 13 varieties of medicines.

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The seized medicines included antibiotics like Cefixime and Amoxicillin, steroids such as Hydrocortisone and Norethisterone and other drugs including analgesics and anti-ulcer medicines. The estimated value of the seized stock is Rs 83,000.

The inspections were carried out by drugs inspectors S Vinay (Narayanpet), Ch. Sampath Kumar (Bhadradri-Kothagudem), M Sreebindu (Bachupally), M Hemalatha (Gandimaisamma) and S Vishwanth...

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