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Delhi Police Busts Syndicate Trading Counterfeit Cancer Drugs, Arrest 17
Police recovered 588 filled vials and nearly Rs 50 lakh in cash as they traced a wider supply network across several states.
- On August 20, the Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested 17 individuals for operating an interstate syndicate involved in the illegal procurement, storage, and sale of counterfeit and diverted high-value anti-cancer medicines.
- The syndicate acquired expensive drugs through hospital diversions, government warehouse theft, and counterfeit sources, removing batch numbers and maximum retail prices with acetone before repackaging medicines in old cartons.
- Investigators recovered 588 filled vials, 3,021 units of other medicines, and nearly Rs 50 lakh in cash during simultaneous raids, with seized materials valued at around Rs 9 crore.
- The syndicate included nursing staff and former oncology assistants like Deepak and Jaswant Sharma, who allegedly diverted patient medicines, while Abhishek Vaishya supplied diverted drugs through unauthorized channels.
- Officials are examining the financial trail through seized registers and cash transactions while interrogating suspects to map the distribution network and identify final buyers of the diverted medications.
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Delhi Police busts syndicate trading counterfeit cancer drugs, arrest 17
New DelhiThe Delhi Police’s crime branch has busted an interstate syndicate involved in the trade of illegally diverted high-value medicines, including counterfeit anti-cancer drugs, and arrested 17 people after seizing medicines worth ₹9 crore and ₹50 lakh cash in a series of raids across multiple cities, officers aware of the matter said on Thursday
·New Delhi, India
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Fake cancer drug interstate racket busted in Delhi; 17 arrested, drugs worth Rs 9 crore seized
Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted an interstate fake cancer drug syndicate and arrested 17 accused. Anti-cancer medicines and other material worth around Rs 9 crore, along with nearly Rs 50 lakh cash, have been recovered.
·Noida, India
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