Turtle pieces, coral reef based medicines seized

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Press Trust of India Madurai
Last Updated : Sep 10 2015 | 11:57 AM IST
Turtle shell pieces and coral reef based medicine were seized from a Siddha Medicine manufacturing unit at Tirumangalam near here, police said today.
Forest officials who raided the factory late last night on a tip off that medicines were being manufactured using the organs of the wild animals, said turtle shells and coral reef in powder form had been seized.
District Forest Officer Nihar Niranjan said the value of seizure made so far was Rs 1.5 lakh.
The DFO said that the website of the pharmaceutical unit also revealed that animal organs were being used to manufacture some medicines.
The seized goods were sent to a lab for analysing and action would be initiated against the company after the report was received from the lab.
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First Published: Sep 10 2015 | 11:57 AM IST

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