In a major bust, Thane police on Saturday arrested five people who were involved in the sale and packaging of spurious butter in Amul boxes and seized 1,000 kg of the adulterated substance.
The Thane police led by a top cop busted five persons who were packaging adulterated butter in Amul boxes, Media reports say.
The police also found 1000kg of adulterated butter lying there. The accused were supplying locally churned butter with Sri Lankan vanaspati oil in original Amul boxes on the market.
The fake Amul butter would be sold for Rs 75 for 500 grams from Vile Parle to Dahisar in Mumbai. Police investigation is in progress and some others involved in the crime are still at large.