Madhya Pradesh: 72 000 bottles of banned cough syrup valued at Rs 1.2 crore seized, 2 arrested
Bhopal: 72,000 bottles of a banned cough syrup containing codeine have been seized in Madhya Pradesh and the state police have also arrested a father-son duo in this case, an official said.
The cough syrup bottles, worth Rs 1.22 crore, were confiscated from a godown owned by one Arvind Jain, a resident of Sagar.
According to a PTI report, Additional Director General (Law and Order) Jaideep Prasad said the seizure of the codeine-based cough syrup bottles, packed in 800 boxes, was recently made in Sagar city.
The official said police initially received inputs that the cough syrup was being sold in Rewa. As they launched a probe, the source was traced to Sagar, he said.
Arvind and his son Sattu Jain were arrested and booked under the MP Drugs Control Act and Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he said.
Cough syrups containing codeine, an opiate, have been widely abused, particularly among young people.
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