Assam: Cough syrup bottles price Rs 1 crore seized, 2 held | Guwahati Information – Instances of India

GUWAHATI: The Guwahati metropolis police busted an interstate medication community and seized a consignment containing 20,000 cough syrup bottles price over Rs 1 crore from a truck and arrested two individuals, mentioned police officers on Monday. The truck was intercepted within the Gorchuk space.
“The consignment was being transported by truck from Punjab to Manipur. The worth of every bottle is round Rs 500,” Joint Commissioner of Police, Partha Sarathi Mahanta advised ANI.
In one other incident, the Authorities Railway Police recovered 2.042 kgs of Opium from a Bihar-bound prepare at Guwahati Railway Station and apprehended two individuals.
The accused have been recognized as Abhyas Kumar and Sumal Kumar.
An official of GRP mentioned that the accused had been reportedly carrying the medication from Dimapur to Bihar by prepare.
The market worth of the seized drug is estimated at round Rs. 1.4 crore.
Additional investigations are underway.