90,000 bottles of banned cough syrup worth Rs 2 Cr seized from goods train in Tripura

Agartala: Police have recovered banned cough syrup worth around Rs 2 crore from a goods train at Jirania railway station in Tripura, officials said on Friday.

The recovery followed a search operation that began around 4.30 pm on Thursday and continued until the early hours of Friday.

“In a major breakthrough in the fight against drug trafficking, a joint operation was carried out by the Government Railway Police Force (GRP), customs department and Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday,” an official release said.

“During the coordinated raid, the teams successfully recovered 90,000 bottles of banned Escuf syrup (100 ml each) from two goods train wagons stationed at Jirania railway station in West Tripura,” it added.

No arrests have yet been made in connection with the seizure, police said.