Jeypore, Jan. 18 -- The police busted a fake spices manufacturing unit with the seizure of a huge cache of raw materials and adulterated spices of several brands here late night on Thursday.

A team of Jeypore Town Police raided the house belonging to one identified as Harihar Patra at P.R Petta lane in Jeypore town of Koraput district and seized several items and raw materials worth around Rs 5 lakh for production of duplicate spices.

The machinery used for packaging the duplicate spices in branded packets were also seized during the raid.

Police detained Patra in connection with the operation of the fake spices factory.

According to reports, the duplicate spices in name of popular brands like Everest and MDH were manufactured at the ...