Telangana DCA raids unlicensed medical shop, seizing 23 types of illegal medicines

DG TSDCA, V B Kamalasan Reddy, urged wholesalers and traders to supply drugs in bulk only to individuals or medical shops with a valid DCA drug license issued under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.

Hyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration, Telangana conducted raids at a medical shop in Nagulbanda, Falaknuma, which was being operated by Mohammed Ayub Pasha without a valid drug license, and seized 23 varieties of medicines, including antibiotics, antihistamines, analgesics, antipyretics, etc that were illegally stocked for sale. The drug samples in the medical shop, which did not have the mandatory drug license, have been collected and sent to the DCA laboratory for quality testing.

The DG, TSDCA, V B Kamalasan Reddy urged wholesalers and traders to ensure that they supply drugs in bulk only to individuals or medical shops that have valid DCA drug license, which is issued under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.

Quack held

In a separate raid by the DCA, Telangana, the drug inspectors seized large stocks of medicines from a quack’s clinic in Konne village, Bachannapet mandal, Jangaon district. The DCA inspecting team raided the clinic of a quack K Laxminarayana, who was practicing allopathy without any qualification in Konne village. During the course of the raid, the DCA teams seized 34 varieties of medicines including antibiotics, steroids etc, worth Rs 20,000, which were stocked at the premises without any drug license. The DCA has reported that several higher generation antibiotics were seized at the clinic during the raids.