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Three arrested in Gujarat-Lucknow counterfeit drug syndicate
Ahmedabad Crime Branch and FDCA have busted an interstate counterfeit medicine racket involving fake blood pressure tablets. Three men were arrested from Ahmedabad and Lucknow after investigators traced the supply chain across Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
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- Why it matters
- Counterfeit blood pressure tablets circulating through supply chains reach patients who believe they are taking genuine medication, creating direct health risk.
- Most affected
- Patients taking counterfeit blood pressure tablets — Ingesting fake medication instead of genuine treatment
- Likely next
- Whether authorities identify and recall the counterfeit batches in circulation or trace where the fake tablets were already sold.