Opioid tablets worth Rs 15 cr seized from pharma unit in Himachal

Tribune News Service

Solan, May 28

In a night-long join raid by the Himachal Pradesh and Punjab Police, over 30.2 lakh tablets of illegally produced pharma opioids were seized from Unique Formulations pharmaceutical unit located in Devi Nagar area of Paonta Sahib in Sirmaur.

Seizure valued at over 15 crores rupees, informed Director General of Police, Sanjay Kundu. Recently, the Amritsar police had confiscated a huge quantity of tramadol illegally smuggled to the area. Around 50,000 tablets were recovered. The raid was a fallow up of that, said the DIG.

State Drugs Controller Navneet Marwaha informed that the unit has been asked to stop production by issuance of a show cause notice by the additional drug controller, Nahan, Sunny Kaushal.

In a bid to curb any such nefarious activity, all ADCs and deputy drug controlled have been directed to keep a watch on such units.