Hyderabad: Fourtyone varieties of illegally-stocked medicines, including high-end antibiotics and steroids, were seized by drugs control officials from a hospital cellar in Kompally on Friday.
The raid was conducted on the cellar of Global Animal Hospital, Kompally, and stocks worth Rs 50,000 were seized during the raid.
The stock was operating illegally without a valid drug licence. The DCA officers took samples for analysis. Further investigation will be carried out, and action will be taken as per the law against all the offenders, said authorities. “Wholesalers/Dealers who supply medicines to such unlicenced entities, which are stocking and selling drugs without a drug license, are also punishable under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, and stringent action will be taken against such wholesalers/dealers. Wholesalers/dealers must ensure that the recipient entities hold a valid drug licence before supplying medicines to them,” said DCA in a statement.
The Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, issues drug licences for the stocking and selling of medicines in accordance with the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Stocking drugs for sale without a drug licence is punishable under the Act, with imprisonment for up to five years.
