In another major crackdown, the Punjab Police on Thursday lateevening, made a big seizure of over 30 lakh tablets and capsules of Pharmaopioids including Tramadol and Alprax, during a raid at an illegal storagefactory “Unique Formulations” in Paonta Sahib in Sirmaur district of HimachalPradesh.
The Police have also arrested the factory owner who has beenidentified as Munish Mohan, a resident of Devi Nagar in Paonta Sahib, Sirmaur.
Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Dinkar Gupta said thatas part of the ongoing Drive Against Drugs, the Amritsar Rural Police led bySenior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dhruv Dahiya have busted a HimachalPradesh based factory dealing with illegal manufacturing and supply ofpharmaceutical drugs.
He said that, as part of the investigations into the recovery of50000 Tramadol tablets from three persons on May 18, 2021, a Police team led byStation House Officer (SHO) Mattewal Lovepreet Singh and Sub InspectorGurwinder Singh conducted a raid at the factory in the presence of localHimachal Pradesh Police and local drug inspector of Sirmaur. Two drug inspectors, Sukhdeep Singh andAmarpal Malli from Amritsar also accompanied the raiding team, he said.
The DGP said that the Police have recovered 30,16,332 intoxicanttablets, including 12.45 lakh Tramadol capsules, 7.72 lakh Tramadol tablets,9.99 lakh Alprax (Alprazolam) tablets approximately valued at 15 crore rupeesfrom the illegal factory being run in Himachal Pradesh.
He said that the factory is being sealed and the arrested personwill be brought to Punjab after completing all the legal formalities. He saidthat ASP Majitha Abhimanyu Rana and DSP Detective Gurinder Nagra played a vitalrole in the execution of this operation.
SSP Dhruv Dahiya said that the FIR no. 51/2021 under sections22, 29, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act was already registered at Mattewal PoliceStation in Amritsar Rural and further investigations into the case are on.
Meanwhile, earlier in 2020, the Punjab Policehad unearthed the illegal pharma trade after seizing big haul of 2.8 croretablets and capsules of Pharma opioid including Tramadol and Clovidol fromNeutec Pharma godown at Narela (Delhi) and the Police had also arrested theowners, including Krishan Arora and his son Gaurav Arora from Delhi.