Rewa police seized 1,800 bottles of cough syrup smuggled from UP, arrested two
Raipur Karchuliyan police intercepted a car on NH30 and seized 1,800 bottles of banned cough syrup worth Rs 3.51 lakh and the vehicle, arresting two accused.
As part of a campaign against illegal intoxicants run by the Inspector General of Police, Rewa Zone, and under the direction of SP Vivek Singh, Additional SP Aarti Singh and Deputy SP (HQ) Himali Pathak, Raipur Karchuliyan police station in-charge Atul Tripathi and his team set up a blockade and arrested two accused smuggling illegal intoxicating cough syrup from Banaras, UP.
Two accused arrested for smuggling intoxicating cough syrup
Acting on an informer’s tip, Raipur Karchuliyan police took action under the NDPS Act on NH30 at Mahsua overbridge within the station area. From a white Honda Amaze car, registration UP65DY1382, carrying illegal intoxicating cough syrup, police arrested (1) Deepak Pandey, son of Ramlal Pandey, 28, resident of Premnagar, Satna, Kotwali police station, Satna district, and (2) Amit Tiwari, son of Vasudev Tiwari, 27, resident of Simri Bais, Devendranagar police station, Panna district (MP). From their joint possession, police seized 1,800 bottles of illegal intoxicating cough syrup in 15 cartons, worth Rs 3,51,000, and the Honda Amaze car, worth Rs 10,00,000, used for transport. The accused have been arrested and a case registered.
The gang of suppliers bringing it from UP to MP would soon be in police custody, the report said.
Raipur Karchuliyan police had reportedly been continuously successful in such action; just a few days earlier a consignment of intoxicants had been caught in a similar way. Notably, all those caught were wholesale suppliers. TI Atul Tripathi also said police would soon reach those working continuously from UP to MP.
Seized items: 1) 1,800 bottles of Onerex cough syrup, worth Rs 3,51,000
2) White Honda Amaze car, registration UP65DY1382, worth Rs 10,00,000
Those with key roles in the action: station in-charge inspector Atul Kumar Tripathi, sub-inspector Rambahor Tiwari, head constable 170 Ramesh Pratap Singh, constables Abhay Kumar Yadav (485), Akhil Singh (1021) and Utkrisht Singh (891).
