CID arrests company owner for importing substandard drug

Maligakanda Magistrate Lochana Abeywickrama Weerasinghe yesterday remanded until 15 Nov., the owner of a company that allegedly used forged documents to import a stock of substandard human intravenous immunoglobulin.

The order was given when Sugath Janaka Fernando also known as Aruna Deepthi, arrested by the CID, was produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate.

On Monday, the court imposed overseas travel bans on the owner of the company, accused of using forged documents to import a consignment of phials of substandard immunoglobulin, and two government officials who were allegedly involved in the fraudulent activity.