Five held for selling Amphotericin B injections illegally in Hyderabad

Due to the demand of the Amphotericin injection used during treatment of black fungus, the gang procured it and planned to sell it at a higher price to relatives of patients

Hyderabad: Five persons who were selling Amphotericin B injections illegally were caught by the Commissioner’s Task Force ( North) team on Sunday. The police seized nine injections and three mobile phones from them.

Acting on a tip off, the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (North) team caught V Venugopal, a medical agent from SR Nagar and native of Krishna district in AP, G.Naveen of Banjara Hills, V Ashok of Kothapet, K Prasad of Nizampet and B Harish of Kukatpally.

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“Due to the demand of the Amphotericin injection used during treatment of black fungus, the gang procured it and planned to sell it at a higher price to relatives of patients,” said P.Radha Kishan Rao, DCP Task Force Hyderabad.

On information, the police laid a trap and nabbed them. The five persons along with the property were handed over to the SR Nagar police station for further action.