Falsely identified medicines are sold in pet stores and online, according to police
PUBLISHED: 18 Jun 2024 at 15: 25
During attacks in the provinces of Nakhon Pathom and Samut Sakhon, authorities seized false pet medicine worth more than 84 million ringgit from two main group sites.
Officers from the Consumer Protection Police Division ( CPPD ) and officials from the Food and Drug Administration seized 222, 360 illegal items found at four premises in the two central provinces, Thanakit Jitareerat, vice- minister for public health, told reporters on Tuesday. He claimed that the seized goods had a wholesale price of 84.84 million baht.
In Nakhon Pathom, they searched three grounds.
One spot was used to fraudulently make the medicines, in tambon Huai Kwang of Kamphaeng Saen area. At least 20 items of technology used in the creation process, and natural materials, were seized.
They seized 112 packages of unlicensed pet drugs at a home in the tambon Don Tum area.
At a warehouse in Sam Phran city they also seized erroneously packaged and labelled pet medication, Pol Col Anuwat Rakcharoen, CPPD assistant captain, said.
According to Pol Col Anuwat, all three areas were a part of an improper pet drug network that had been initial raided in 2020.
The false animal drugs were sold by pet stores and net, he said.
According to Pol Lt Col Kankanit Jongprasert, deputy director of the CPPD sub-division 4, authorities in Samut Sakhon raided a inventory in tambon Bang Nam Jued in Muang city and seize 6, 270 packs of unlawful animal drugs for about 4.8 million baht.  ,
Chinese nationals run this criminal network, according to Pol Lt Col Kankanit.  , The fake drugs were imported from China. The Chinese bosses instructed their Thai counterparts to pack the packages and ship them to Thai customers.
This particular company had been in operation for about four months and had sold about 500 boxes of animal medicine each month for about 300,000 baht.
The Department of Medical Sciences would receive the seized items for laboratory tests.
Weerachai Nalawachai, deputy secretary-general of the FDA, said it might be harmful to give unregistered veterinary medications to pets. They might not contain important substances, or have incorrect amounts of important substances.
He advised pet owners to check the authenticity of the medication before giving it to their animals.  ,
At the media briefing on Tuesday, fake animal drugs were on display. ( Photo supplied / Wassayos Ngamkham )