In a major crackdown on spurious drug manufacturers, a team of Mumbai police and Drug Inspectors raided a factory manufacturing spurious aphrodisiac capsules at Nagjhiri Industrial Area (Dewas Road) Ujjain on January 7. Large quantity of spurious raw materials used for the manufacture of Force-1000 and Force-2000 capsules were seized during the raid at Harpiz Healthcare Pvt Ltd. The factory owner, Sunil Jain, was absconding till this report was filed.

Police sources said that the firm used to sell the capsules in Mumbai through its distributor, one Hendre, owner of Mediworld Medical Agency, Karwari Street, Daroowala Road. The manufacturer claimed that the capsules, priced at Rs 100 each, contained Makardhwaj and Swarn Bhasm, apart from other aphrodisiacs.

Following some complaints against Hendre of publishing obscene advertisements to promote the capsules, the Mumbai police raided the agency a few days back, said sources adding, the samples of the capsules turned out to be fake. The goods were seized and Hendre was arrested, they added.

Acting on the information provided by Hendre, the five-member team, led by Dharavi Police Station in-charge Rashid Sheikh and Drug Inspectors K T More and J V Karate, raided the factory under the Madhav Nagar police station area, in Ujjain. The police have registered a case against Sunil Jain and efforts are being made to trace him.