Archive · 7 Sep 2026
FDA seizes over Rs 4 lakh medicines at Amazon-linked warehouses
Officials in Karnataka checked two warehouses connected with Amazon near Bengaluru.
They were looking for medicines being stored or distributed without proper permission.
The raids happened at Thattanahalli and Devanahalli.
At the first location, officials found medicines worth Rs 2,45,352.
At the second location, they found medicines worth Rs 1.57 lakh.
Together, the medicines were worth Rs 4,02,352.
The FDA said it acted after receiving information about possible rule violations.
Officials may take further action after studying what they found.
Karnataka’s Food Safety and Drug Administration raided two e-commerce facilities near Bengaluru.
The raids took place at Thattanahalli in Anekal taluk and Aerospace in Devanahalli.
Medicines worth Rs 2,45,352 were seized at the Thattanahalli facility.
Medicines valued at Rs 1.57 lakh were seized at the Devanahalli facility.
The FDA alleged the medicines were stored without valid licences and said further proceedings are expected.
- Who
- The Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration’s Drugs Enforcement Wing, including drugs controllers and inspectors, conducted the raids.
- What
- Officials seized medicines worth a combined Rs 4,02,352 over alleged unlicensed storage.
- When
- The article does not specify a date; the two raids were carried out simultaneously.
- Where
- At Amazon-linked facilities in Thattanahalli, Anekal taluk, and Aerospace, Devanahalli, near Bengaluru.
- Why
- The FDA said it received intelligence about possible violations involving the storage and distribution of medicines and sought to enforce drug-licensing rules.
- Agency
- Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration
- Locations
- Thattanahalli in Anekal taluk and Aerospace in Devanahalli
- Thattanahalli seizure
- Medicines worth Rs 2,45,352
- Devanahalli seizure
- Medicines worth Rs 1.57 lakh
- Total seizure
- Rs 4,02,352
- Alleged violation
- Storage of medicines without a valid drug licence
- Next steps
- Further proceedings are expected based on the raid findings