Muzaffarnagar, Nov 14 (PTI) A fake fertiliser manufacturing unit has been busted in a village here, police said Sunday.

The owner, Ramesh Pal, has been arrested, they said, adding 170 vacant bags with logos of reputed fertiliser firms were recovered during a raid at the factory in Kookra village that falls under New Mandi police station.

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Pal had been supplying the fake fertiliser to traders in neighbouring districts, they said.

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