Three held for selling drugs illegally
A pharmacy owner, along with a sales agent and a security guard, were arrested by the South Zone Task Force police on charges of selling Fortwin injections illegally and seized 216 ampoules of Fortwin from the accused.
Hyderabad: A pharmacy owner, along with a sales agent and a security guard, were arrested by the South Zone Task Force police on charges of selling Fortwin injections illegally and seized 216 ampoules of Fortwin from the accused.
On Saturday, the police caught Abdul Majeed Khan alias Viqar (40), security guard from Chanchalguda, when he was selling Fortwin injection to innocent public. During questioning, he revealed that S Prakash (43), owner of Vishnu Medical Hall in Malkajgiri, and S Sailesh (34) of Sainikpuri were giving him the injections for illegal sale.
Task Force Additional DCP N Koti Reddy said during investigation, it was found that the accused Prakash who was in contact with one Surender, a pharmacy owner from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, was getting bulk stock of Fortwin through oral orders without any invoice for the transactions.
Each box containing of 12 ampoules of Fortwin costs about Rs 600, but Prakash and Sailesh sold the same for Rs 1,000. Three months ago, Majeed came in contact with them and they offered him commission for selling the injections, said the police.
The Fortwin injection is a pain killer generally used in major surgeries that too under the supervision of an anesthetist. But the accused persons misused the injections and sold them to addicted persons without any prescription or invoice for earning easy money.
The continuous usage of this drug leads to chronic problems like cardiac arrest, shortening of breath, neurological problems and sometimes endangers the life of consumer, according to the officer.
