Overview
- Drug Control Administration teams conducted inspections on February 20–21 across Vijayawada and nearby areas in Andhra Pradesh’s NTR district.
- At M/s. Dicon Health Care, inspectors seized 22 fabricated rubber stamps, a half‑used thinner bottle, and a newspaper sheet with altered batch and expiry impressions.
- Medicines worth about ₹4 lakh were confiscated from the licensed Vijayawada premises over alleged alteration of expiry dates on nine drug varieties.
- Separate checks in Jaggaiahpet and Penuganchiprolu netted roughly ₹4 lakh in drugs from three unlicensed outlets reportedly run by RMPs.
- The operation, led by inspectors K. V. Bhupesh and A. Krishna under Assistant Director P. Sriram Murthy, proceeded under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, with no arrests reported in the release.