7 Held over Counterfeiting Medicines in City

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)'s Detective  Brunch (Lalbagh Division) has arrested seven persons from different areas of the capital for their alleged involvement in making fake medicines of various domestic and foreign brands widely used in cancer and COVID-19 treatment.

The arrested are Tariqul Islam, Syed Al Mamun, Saidul Islam, Monowar, Abdul Latif, Nazmul Dhali and Sagar Ahmed Milon, reports BSS.

They were arrested during raids in Kajla, Arambagh and Mitford areas of the capital on Wednesday last, said Additional Police Commissioner (Detective Branch) AKM Hafiz Akhter at a press briefing at the DMP Media Center here today.

The law enforcers seized huge amount of counterfeit medicines of different domestic and foreign brands, medicine-making machines, dais and empty medicine boxes from their possession.

A case was filed with Bangshal police station in this connection. As they were produced before the court, they were placed on three-day remand each.