Illicit drug manufacturing facility busted in Annarugudem, Khammam
Active pharmaceutical Ingredients Valsartan and Clopidogrel were found on the premises. A stock of drugs of about 935 Kg was found at the premises.
HYDERABAD: A special team of officers of Drugs Control Administration, Telangana upon receiving credible information raided unlicensed premises located at Plot No. 15, TSIIC Industrial Park, Annarugudem Village, Tallada Mandal, Khammam District on Friday, which belonged to Aspen Biopharma and detected illicit manufacturing of drugs at the facility.
Active pharmaceutical Ingredients Valsartan and Clopidogrel were found on the premises. A stock of drugs of about 935 Kg was found at the premises. The facility had been operated by Upender Reddy a close relative of Kadari Sateesh Reddy whose unlicensed premises at Macha Bollaram, Hyderabad were raided by DCA officers on December 4, 2023, and seized spurious anticancer drugs and other drugs worth Rs 4.35 crores.
Kadari Sateesh Reddy, the prime accused, who absconded after the seizure of spurious drugs from his premises was also the key conspirator in the current illicit manufacturing of drugs at Annarugudem Village.
A team led by C. Rajavardhana Chary, deputy director, DCA, assistant director, and other officers carried out the raid. DCA officers took assistance from local police in the raid. Officers seized the stock and lifted the samples for analysis. Further investigation would be carried out and action would be taken as per the law against all the offenders responsible for the illicit manufacturing of drugs.