Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- Detective police have arrested seven people on charges of making counterfeit versions of medicines typically used to treat different diseases, including COVID-19 and cancer.

The fake drugs were made in a factory Dhaka's Demra and then distributed across the country through a courier service, according to Additional Commissioner AKM Hafiz Akter.

People were duped into buying the knockoff drugs at a high price as it is quite difficult to differentiate them from the authentic ones, he said at a media briefing on Friday.

The arrestees are Tariqul Islam, Syed Ali Mamun, Saidul Islam, Monowar, Abdul Latif, Nazmul Dhali and Sagar Ahmed Milon.

Police arrested them following the raids in different parts of Dhaka and seized a ...