Banned cough syrup worth Rs 30 lakh seized in Tripura, 9 arrested
Accused Arrested
Agartala: 1,500 bottles of banned cough syrup worth Rs 30 lakh have been seized by a joint team of GRP and RPF from Agartala railway station and arrest of nine persons was made in this connection, an official said on Wednesday.
“In the course of the investigation into the seizure of banned cough syrup from the parcel van, we carried out a joint operation and arrested nine persons for their involvement in the smuggling of cough syrup on Tuesday,” Officer in Charge (OC), Agartala GRP police station, Tapas Das told PTI.
The sale of Escoff cough syrup is banned in Tripura, an official said.
He said a specific case under the NDPS Act has been lodged against all the nine arrested persons at Agartala GRP police station.
“They (arrested persons) will be produced before a local court on Wednesday seeking police remand for interrogation and investigation of the case,” he said.
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Medical Dialogues team has recently reported that five persons have been arrested for illegally possessing a large quantity of bottles of two banned cough syrups worth Rs 31.75 lakh in Thane district of Maharashtra. They were possessing it without the knowledge that the sale of these syrups was not allowed with a proper authorisation.
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