Lucknow: Drugs worth Rs 2 crore seized from railway station

Written By : Ruchika Sharma |Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Published On 2024-11-18T11:00:01+05:30 | Updated On 18 Nov 2024 2:08 PM IST

Lucknow: In a joint operation by the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) at the Charbagh railway station, drugs worth about Rs 2 crore were seized on Saturday.

The operation resulted in the seizure of banned drug oxytocin, valued at ₹1,93,73,904, which was allegedly being smuggled from Bihar via railway parcel. Acting on a tip-off, authorities discovered that a large consignment of oxytocin in packets had arrived in Lucknow from Chhapra on train number 15053. A search of the parcel house led to the recovery of 38 packets containing the prohibited drug.

A case has been registered against two namely Santosh Singh, a resident of Telpa in Bihar's Chhapra district, and Ram Lotan, a resident of Chandi in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, as per GRP.

According to PTI, a campaign is underway against suspected smugglers on the instructions of Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Prakash D of the GRP.

According to police, there is a possibility that others were also involved in the smuggling of the consignment.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Drugs Control Administration,Telangana, had seized the overpriced antibiotic 'Mupigrer Ointment' (Mupirocin Ointment IP 2% w/w) during a raid at the manufacturing unit Medzine Life Sciences, located at ALEAP Industrial Estate, Gajularamaram, Medchal-Malkajgiri District.

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Source : with inputs

Ruchika Sharma

Ruchika Sharma joined Medical Dialogue as an Correspondent for the Business Section in 2019. She covers all the updates in the Pharmaceutical field, Policy, Insurance, Business Healthcare, Medical News, Health News, Pharma News, Healthcare and Investment. She has completed her B.Com from Delhi University and then pursued postgraduation in M.Com. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in Contact no. 011-43720751

Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli

Dr Kamal Kant Kohli-MBBS, DTCD- a chest specialist with more than 30 years of practice and a flair for writing clinical articles, Dr Kamal Kant Kohli joined Medical Dialogues as a Chief Editor of Medical News. Besides writing articles, as an editor, he proofreads and verifies all the medical content published on Medical Dialogues including those coming from journals, studies,medical conferences,guidelines etc. Email: drkohli@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751