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Despite government crackdowns, counterfeit seeds, including banned herbicide-tolerant (HT) Bollgard-3 (BG-3) varieties, continue to flood markets in Adilabad, Mancherial, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar and Warangal districts

The arrested person, K Venkataramana Babu (58), is a resident of Chinthalkunta

The three farmers were moving suspiciously carrying the bags of the seeds when police were carrying out patrolling in Madaram.

The DCP further said that surprise raids would be carried out for checking the menace, by coordinating with authorities of the Agriculture department.