Dehradun, Feb. 20 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 18 Feb: The Special Task Force (STF) has exposed a major racket involving the manufacture and sale of counterfeit medicines in Uttarakhand. In a coordinated operation, the STF team arrested three accused persons from Roorkee and Deoband for allegedly manufacturing and marketing fake medicines of reputed pharmaceutical companies. With these latest arrests, the total number of accused apprehended in the case has risen to 16.

It may be recalled that, on 1 June 2025, Santosh Kumar was arrested in possession of counterfeit wrappers, outer boxes, labels and QR codes of reputed medicine companies. Following the arrest of Santosh Kumar, a case was registered at Selaqui Police Station in Dehradu...