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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 85905, member: 27"]
The hardware store got popped selling sketchy meds, cops rolled in, shelves got cleaned out, and the court slapped a fine.

Court ruling and penalty
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[*]Glidwell Trading, trading as Bhola Hardware City, got hit with a US$300 fine.
[*]Conviction landed under the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act.
[*]Harare magistrate Gamuchirai Gore signed off after weighing the evidence.
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Who showed up in court
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[*]Bhavik Kanttial Jassa represented the company as manager.
[*]Appeared aged 32 during the hearing.
[*]Mandirasa Chigumira ran the case for the state.
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Tip-off sparks police action
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[*]CID Drugs and Narcotics Unit received intel about dodgy complementary medicines.
[*]Launched quiet monitoring at Bhola Mega Market.
[*]Watched sales activity before moving in.
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Search and seizure inside the shop
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[*]Officers identified themselves and explained the search.
[*]Found 587 Tsunami bottles on display.
[*]Seized 161 tins of Essential Balm from the shelves and the cabinet.
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Regulatory breach and arrest
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[*]Zimbabwe regulators list both products as unapproved.
[*]Items were openly offered for sale.
[*]Arrested Jassa on the spot and hauled everything to the CID offices.
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