LAHORE: The pest warning & quality control of pesticides wings of the provincial agriculture department on Wednesday arrested three persons on the charge of selling fake pesticides after recovering pesticides worth Rs 5 million from their possession.

According to information, the team on a tip raided a dealer in Ibrahim Colony of the provincial metropolis and arrested three persons Muhammad Arsalan, Mazhar Ali and Mohsin Raza by recovering fake pesticides and a large number of labels of different pesticides. An FIR was also registered against the accused by the police station concerned.

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