Cyberabad SOT busts adulterated ginger-garlic paste production
Authorities confiscated a staggering 35 quintals of the illicit paste along with various other incriminating items from the premises.
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Special Operations Team raided a house at Katedan where adulterated garlic-ginger paste was being prepared using alleged harmful substances. The police seized 35 quintals of the adulterated paste and other articles from the place.
Acting on a tip off, the team raided a house at Subhash colony in Mailardevpally and caught one person Mohd Ahmed (34), who was preparing the garlic-ginger paste using synthetic chemicals, gum powder and spoiled garlic bulbs and ginger, said SOT Inspector.
The licensed obtained by Ahmed for marketing the product had expired two years ago but he still was printing the number on the slips and pasting on the bottles and marketing, he added.
Mohd Ahmed along with the material was handed over to Mailardevpally police station for further action.
