Eluru police arrest five medical shop owners for illegal sale of Tramadol injections
Eluru police have arrested five medical shop owners for the illegal sale of Tramadol injections without valid prescriptions. Authorities seized 880 vials and are currently investigating the source of the illicit supply chain.
Why it matters
The crackdown addresses the growing concern of prescription drug abuse and the regulation of controlled substances in local pharmacies.
The Jangareddygudem police in Eluru district arrested five individuals for allegedly selling Tramadol (a sedative) injections without a doctor’s prescription and seized about 880 vials of Tramadol.
Jangareddygudem Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) B. H. Venkateswarlu stated that, acting on a tip-off, the police raided a private medical agency located in the town and arrested its owner, Sai Kishore.
During the investigation, the police found that five medical shop owners, identified as Rajasekhar, Durga Prasad, Satish, Siva Krishna, and Chiranjeevi, procured their stocks from Sai Kishore and were selling the injections without prescriptions.
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