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Mumbai crime: Two nabbed for selling drug used on animals in Powai
Updated On: 03 October, 2019 01:05 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
The banned drug was administered on cows and buffaloes to enhance the quantity of milk

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The Unit 10 of Mumbai Crime Branch arrested two person for allegedly selling oxytocin vial, a banned drug. The arrested were identfied by the police as Najib Jilani Khotal (37)and Anis Jainuddin Khande (44). According to the crime branch, a trap was laid at Morarji Nagar in Powai along with the officials of FDA based on a tip off.
The drug is used to enhance the quantity of milk in cows and buffaloes that results into pre mature puberty of these animals. Consuming milk laced with this drug makes humans prone to serious ailments.
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