PFA seizes 400,000 fake soft-drink bottles from Lahore factory
Factory owner opened fire on the PFA team during the raid
June 17, 2017
Lahore: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) seized 400,000 spurious soft-drink bottles from a factory in Lahore’s Sohdra area early Saturday morning.
During the raid, the factory owner first threatened the PFA team and then opened fire on them. He managed to escape under the cover of the fire, according to Director General PFA Noor ul Amin Mengal.
The factory, which is located on Bara Deri Road, has sold about 3.37 million fake soft-drink bottles of a well-known brand, according to Mengal.
The team also confiscated the factory records. A case has also been registered against the suspects.
On Tuesday, PFA had raided and sealed a factory using expired ingredients to manufacture popular soft drinks.
"Shandy Cola's production unit was sealed following the raid," PFA Director Operations Rafia Haider said.
A hundred thousand filled bottles and raw material for four-hundred thousand bottles was seized from the factory, located on Lahore's Sheikhupura road.
Fake medicines seized in Multan
Health department officials along with police raided on Saturday a factory in Multan’s Bahadurpur area and seized more 1,000 fake medicines and about 10 kilogrammes of drugs.
According to the police, the factory workers were preparing substandard medicines.
Police arrested seven suspects including the factory owners, identified as Zulfikar and Asad.
