Irregularities found in 4 pharma units during raids across state

In continuation of its crackdown on drugs, the Himachal Pradesh police along with State Drugs Control Administration today conducted comprehensive inspections of around 20 pharmaceutical manufacturing units across the state and detected irregularities in four such units. Following the detection, police is taking necessary legal action, as per the prescribed provisions against the said units.

As per the police, the inspection was conducted in pharmaceutical manufacturing units across six districts, which include 10 in police district of Baddi, four units in Solan, two units each in Una and Bilaspur and one each in Sirmaur and police district Nurpur. Inspections in five other units were underway till the time of reporting.

Ashok Tewari, Director General of Police (DGP), Himachal Pradesh said that the action was a part of police’s efforts to make Himachal a drug-free state as envisioned under the state wide-anti chitta drive which was launched by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on November 15. He said that the objective of this campaign was to curb illegal manufacture of prohibited drugs and prevent their unlawful diversion.

“The team inspected the units that were closed permanently or temporarily suspended and those that had surrendered their licence. Recent intelligence inputs indicate that certain closed or inactive pharmaceutical units could be misused for clandestine production of illegal drugs, including counterfeit, fake-branded and psychotropic substances,” he said.

“The inspection exercise was conducted in a transparent and coordinated manner with the active cooperation of police personnel and drug inspectors. The teams verified the status of manufacturing licences, scrutinised documents, audited stock records and carried out detailed physical inspections. Warehouses and production areas were thoroughly searched to ensure complete compliance. The entire process was carried out with full transparency and fairness,” said the DGP.