Unit 6 of the Mumbai crime branch arrested three people and seized 5,000 hand sanitiser bottles worth Rs 2.5 lakh from Mahim on Saturday. In the outbreak of coronavirus, the demand for facemasks and sanitisers has risen, but most stores are out of stock.

According to crime branch officials, the accused were involved in black marketing and hoarded the hand sanitisersb at a flat in Mahim. The crime branch received a tip off and raided the flat. They said the sanitisers belong to a company named ‘Hiketo Gel’.