Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
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fficials of the Economic offences wing of the Central Crime Branch on Monday busted an international racket and arrested a 45-year-old businessman who was sourcing sub standards chocolates,biscuits and soft drinks from Foreign countries and selling it to malls and super markets across the city with a fake approved stickers of Food safety and standard authority of India.
Based on a tip off a team of officials raided the godown in Sudhama Nagar and arrested Narendra Singh,45, from Rajasthan.
The team also recovered one crore worth chocolates and snacks of Foreign brands estimated to be around ₹ one crore .
Inquiries revealed that the accused was operating the racket for the past five years and using fake FSSAI stickers to label the goods with a ransom price tag details .
The accused would source the Shipment from different Foreign countries to Mumbai port and get it to Bengaluru by road clandestinely,City Police Commissioner,B.Dayananda,said .
The racket has not only disrupted the FSSAI and avoid taxes but also posing health hazard to people who buy the sub standard products at the malls and super markets,he added .
The accused was taken into custody for further investigations to ascertain the possible involvement of others in the racket .
These items were fraudulently labeled with counterfeit FSSAI (Food Safety & Standards Authority of India) stickers and sold at exorbitant prices.
The operation resulted in the arrest of an individual and the seizure of imported goods worth ₹1 crore.
