Hyderabad, April 1 -- In March, the Drugs Control Administration (DCA) of Telangana carried out 65 seizures related to various offences involving medicines. During raids, the DCA seized stocks worth Rs 3.03 lakh and detected several substandard drugs circulating across Telangana.

Busting counterfeit drug racket

In one of the operations, the DCA successfully busted a drug racket involving counterfeit versions of 'Montek-LC' tablets falsely claimed to be manufactured by Sun Pharma Laboratories. The raid, conducted on March 18 at Sri Nirmala Pharma in Secunderabad, led to the seizure of the spurious batch of 'Montek-LC' tablets, which were misrepresented with the manufacturer's name and expired batch details.

Apart from counterfeit drugs,...