UP: Lakhs of codeine-based cough syrup, painkiller capsules seized, 2 arrested
Bahraich: Two men were arrested in Uttar Pradesh after authorities seized codeine-based cough syrup and painkiller capsules worth several lakhs. The drugs were found without proper documentation, raising alarm over their potential misuse.
Following a tip-off from the state drug administration, a joint team of drug inspectors from Bahraich, Shravasti, and Gonda districts, along with local police, raided a residential complex in Salar Ganj locality on Monday.
The cough syrup and tramadol capsules were seized from the residential complex linked to Royal Pharma, owned by Mohammad Ali and Mohammad Aftab, PTI reported.
Codeine, a narcotic component used in some cough syrups, poses severe health risks, including addiction, respiratory depression, overdose, and even death.
The action comes amid a nationwide crackdown on pharmaceutical agencies found selling or distributing medicines unfit for human consumption, following the deaths of several children in Madhya Pradesh linked to the adulterated Coldrif cough syrup.
Yesterday, authorities sealed the Ajay Pharma Agency in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, after discovering that the company purchased 1.40 lakh bottles of codeine-based cough syrup, a controlled substance linked to addiction and fatal effects.
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Recently, he J&K Jammu and Kashmir Drug and Food Control Organisation (DFCO) has also imposed a ban on the sale, distribution, and use of three cough syrup brands: Coldrif Syrup, RespiFresh-TR, and Relif Syrup.
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