Overview

• Police carried out coordinated raids on June 2 at Laxmi Nagar, Budh Vihar and Chandni Chowk based on specific intelligence and arrested six suspects on June 4.
• Investigators seized 66 counterfeit units of high-value cancer drugs including Opdivo, Keytruda, Erbitux and Lenvima lacking valid importer or sale authorisations.
• Authorities identified shop owner Naveen Arya—a repeat offender recently released on bail—as the alleged mastermind of the spurious medicine network.
• The accused have been booked under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after CDSCO inspectors confirmed the drugs were unauthorised for sale in India.
• Detectives are now tracing social media channels used to lure patients and locating those who may have been administered the counterfeit medications.