KERALA SEIZES IMPORTED MALAYSIAN HERBAL DRUGS

By P. Vijian

CHENNAI, July 30 (Bernama) -- Tonnes of smuggled Malaysian herbal drugs which
reportedly improved sexual potency and cured Alzheimer's disease, have been
seized by the Kerala drug enforcement agency.

Officers from the Cochin Drug Control office seized the drugs from a warehouse
in Cochin last Wednesday.

A local company which distributed the drugs was found to have flouted import
laws and published advertisements which could possibly mislead the public.

The Chennai-based distributor was found to have links with a renowned company
headquartered in Selangor, Malaysia.

Cochin Assistant Drugs Controller Ravi S. Menon told Bernama in a telephone
interview Friday:

"They did not have valid drug manufacturing or import licences and they
advertised that these drugs, sold at exhorbitant prices, contained miracle
cures."

He said the company, involved in multi-level marketing businesses, largely sold
herbal healthcare and beauty products in India.

He said two types of drug imported from Malaysia claimed to cure Alzheimer's
disease.
-- BERNAMA



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