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GUNTUR: Agriculture officials seized loose chilli seeds from a transport office in Andhra Pradesh 's Guntur district on Thursday. Sale of loose seeds is prohibited and procurement of seeds by distributors is illegal. The sale of loose seeds is not only illegal but also harmful to the farmers as such seeds would not offer have any germination guarantee. Marketing of loose seeds is a serious crime under the law. Interestingly, the agriculture officials seized nearly Rs 6 lakh worth seed from another shop only on Thursday.The office sub-ordinate in the agriculture department A Anjaneyulu played key role in detecting and recovering the loose seeds..