Sonbhadra police announce reward of Rs 25,000 each on 4 in codeine syrup trafficking case
Sonbhadra: The Sonbhadra police have intensified their hunt by announcing a reward of Rs 25,000 each on four accused wanted in a codeine-based cough syrup trafficking case.
As per PTI, Superintendent of Police Abhishek Verma said strict action is being taken under a zero-tolerance policy against the persons behind the trafficking of codeine cough syrup in the district.
To ensure early arrest of the absconding accused, rewards have been declared on Varanasi-residents Shubham Jaiswal and Vijay Gupta, besides Vishal Upadhyay, resident of Saharanpur, and Nishant, resident of Bhadohi, the officer said.
Earlier, two people identified as Bhola Prasad and Satyam Kumar were arrested in Sonbhadra district in connection with the syrup racket investigation.
Two others (drivers) were held by the police on November 18 after two container trucks were seized with over 1.19 lakh bottles of the regulated cough syrup in them.
The crackdown comes amid the wider investigation by Uttar Pradesh authorities into alleged illegal stocking, distribution and trafficking of the regulated codeine-based cough syrup.
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