The police seized a vast quantity of adulterated dairy products and manufacturing equipment. This includes 460 kgs of ghee, 70 kgs of mixed ghee, 2,090 kgs of cow cream, and 1,170 kgs of buffalo cream
Hyderabad: Police raided a dairy unit at Bholanagar in Banjara Hills and apprehended its owner, Mohammed Junaid Hussain, who was manufacturing spurious ghee by mixing it with palm oil, vanaspati, and other low-quality products.
A large quantity of adulterated dairy products and manufacturing equipment were seized from the Pride Dairy unit. The seizures included 460 kg of ghee, 70 kg of mixed ghee, 2,090 kg of cow cream, and 1,170 kg of buffalo cream.
For making substandard products, 28 tins of vanaspati oil, several used oil packets, and empty tins were recovered during the raid. The law enforcement team also confiscated two boilers, a pushing and packaging machine, and two weighing machines.
Besides, four LPG cylinders, 70 containers of different sizes containing ghee, 25 empty drums, and covers used for packaging were seized from the premises. The total value of the seized products was estimated at ₹18.26 lakh, police said.
