Ghantaghar Kotwali Police of Ghaziabad has arrested four people along with the consignment of fake medicines coming from Kotdwar on Saturday night. DCP City Nipun Aggarwal said that based on the information, medicines have been recovered from the warehouse passenger shed near the railway station. Police have also arrested four people carrying medicines. They have been identified as Shripal, resident of Bulandshahr, Mukesh, resident of Noida, Chavez, resident of Dwarkapuri, Delhi and Puneet, resident of Patel Nagar, Ghaziabad.
Nipun Aggarwal said that 20 boxes of anti-bacterial drug Augmentin and 10 boxes of Ultracet, which is used in pain, have been recovered from the accused. Apart from this, 26 seals containing manufacturing and expiry details and other items were also found from them. Two members of this gang, Shankar Ram and Sarfaraz are still absconding. Information about their entire gang is being sought.
Awaiting lab report
According to the police, after seizing the drugs, after doing preliminary investigation, we also called Drug Inspector Ashutosh Mishra. Ashutosh Mishra told the media that when he went to the spot and checked the medicines, they appeared fake on physical examination. Other conditions with their texture did not resemble real drugs. What these medicines are made of and what harm can be caused by their consumption will be known only after the lab report comes.
Putting the lives of innocent people in danger
Police said that this gang is being run from Kotdwar, Uttarakhand. Here Sarfaraz deals with various medical stores and prepares the demand and tells about it to Chavez. Then information is given to Puneet and Shripal. Shripal informs Shankar Ram about this demand and orders the medicines. DCP further said that one box of Augmentin costs around Rs 2 thousand. Shripal gets it for Rs 400, Chavez for Rs 430 and Sarfaraz for Rs 490. On the other hand, a box of pain medicine Ultracet costs around Rs 2400.
Shripal gets this medicine for Rs 650, Chavez for Rs 700 and Sarfaraz for Rs 830. Medicines are supplied by roadways bus, which Puneet receives in Ghaziabad. After this, the price at which it is supplying these medicines to the medical store will be known only after the arrest of Sarfaraz.
Information about supply found in these two cities
According to the police, interrogation of the gang revealed that medicines were being supplied to some medical stores in Ghaziabad and Aligarh. In this, two medical stores of Hindon Vihar have also been detected. The police is verifying it. Also, the police is gathering information about other such gangs. In this matter, investigation has also been started by the Drugs Department.
Do not take medicine without bill
Drug Inspector Ashutosh Mishra said that the packing of these fake medicines is exactly like the original. A common person cannot differentiate between it. He told that to avoid fake medicines, do not take any medicine without bill. Medical store operators avoid paying bills for these types of medicines. If any medical store owner in the district does not give the medicine bill and refuses to give the medicine bill when asked, then call 9559401111 and complain, action will be taken against such people.
Identify the real fake in this way
A unique code is printed on genuine medicines. This code contains complete information from the manufacturing date and location of the medicine to the supply chain. This list includes antibiotics, pain relief pills, anti-allergic medicines. After taking the medicine, definitely scan the QR code written on its wrapper. Some people have this question in their mind that when medicines can be made fake then QR code can also be fake. But it is not so.
The QR code or unique code made on medicines is of advanced version. It is issued by the Central Database Agency. With every medicine its unique QR code also changes. Therefore it is almost impossible to copy it. It is mandatory to put barcode on all medicines above Rs 100. In such a situation, do not buy medicine without barcode.
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