Dhaka:Three individuals have been arrested with a significant quantity of counterfeit and unauthorized medicines, along with equipment allegedly used for manufacturing pharmaceutical products in the Mohammadpur area of the capital.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the arrests were made during a raid conducted by the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday, based on intelligence information. The individuals arrested have been identified as Abdullah Al-Mamun, 42, Md Saju, 33, and Md Sajib, 26.
At a press briefing held at the DMP Media Centre on Wednesday, Additional Commissioner of Police (Detective Branch) Md Shafiqul Islam stated that the DB's Wari Division carried out the raid on a flat located on the third floor of a building in Block-C of Dhaka Udyan under Mohammadpur Police Station. A large amount of suspected counterfeit and unauthorized medicines and pharmaceutical products was seized from the flat, along with packaging materials and equipment allegedly used for their production and packaging.
The seized items included 192 bottles of KIDZ Omega Liquid 100ml syrup, 100 boxes of LACTOFLEX capsules, 30 Facy GLOW face washes, 150 Detox Plus shampoos, 70 Pedia Vox Kid syrups, 300 strips of Oscare-CD capsules, 5kg of Oriva Hapes white powder, 50 BIOKET Active shampoos, 800 KIDICARE Syrup Plus 100ml bottles, 70 ZERO DAN shampoos, 40 KETCOR-Z shampoos, and 10 Nutramide syrups. Additionally, police recovered 150 empty packets of INTA CLEAN HYGIENE WASH, 80 unlabelled bottles of Hygiene Wash, and other packaging materials, including empty containers and capsule shells.
The police also seized three cylinders, a fuel-application machine, two capsule-filling machines, 10kg of fuel in polythene, six capsule-filling machine components, and two moulds for applying labels during the operation. DB officials noted that some of the recovered products were syrups and liquid medicines intended for children, raising particular concern due to potential health and safety risks.
Md Shafiqul Islam emphasized that the investigation is ongoing to determine the source of the products and to identify the manufacturers, suppliers, and others involved in the operation. A case has been filed against the arrested individuals at Mohammadpur Police Station under the Special Powers Act for possessing counterfeit medicines with the intent to buy and sell them.