Cough Syrup Bottles Seized By Assam Police In Gossaigaon
Guwahati: A huge quantity of banned phensedyl cough syrup have been seized by Assam Police in Gossaigaon on Sunday night.
According to reports, the smugglers transported phensedyle cough syrup from West Bengal in a vehicle that was seized at Gossaigaon while concealing the illegal cough syrup beneath enormous bags of onions.
The market value of the seized phensedyle cough syrup is estimated at around Rs. 1 crore.
Moreover, two accused have been arrested by the police in connection with the seizure.
The accused have been identified as Anek and Uday Pratap Singh.
The police said, “We received information about a vehicle smuggling the contraband cough syrups following this we formed a team reached the spot and started checking the vehicles. During the checking, we found a truck loaded with onions and the driver said the truck, bearing the registration number UP78 CN 2379, was en route to Tripura. We got a suspicious feeling and brought the truck to our police station.”
“We thoroughly checked the truck and found that a huge quantity of drugs was concealed under huge sacks of onions,” the police added.