Bhopal Crime Branch police has seized a large quantity of cough syrup containing codeine worth Rs 26 lakh, police have seized 127 boxes of intoxicating cough syrup after raid was conducted at a godown in Shahjahanabad area, seized syrup is worth Rs 25,90,800.

The entire action has been carried out on the information of Maihar Police. Cough syrup worth Rs 12,09,250 has also been recovered in Maihar.

It is being claimed that the main accused Ankit Bang used to supply this narcotic substance across the state. The accused is being interrogated. Bhopal and Maihar police have arrested three accused.

DCP Shritkirti Somvanshi said that accused Ankit Bang, son of Raman Bang (27) of Shahjahanabad, has studied till class 12th. Here he has taken a rented room and made a godown. In which a large number of cough syrups containing codeine were stocked.

Police raided the godown of the accused and seized a large quantity of cough syrup. The value of the seized 127 boxes of cough syrup is said to be more than Rs 25.90 lakh.

Manish Saket alias Nandu, Sampat Kumar Mishra and Santosh Kushwaha have been arrested from Maihar. The accused were carrying intoxicating cough syrup for smuggling in Maihar by car. From their possession 15 cartons have been recovered from them worth Rs 12.9 lakh. The action was taken on the information of Maihar Superintendent of Police Rajeev Pathak.

He had told the Bhopal Police that a large number of cough syrups were being brought from Bhopal and distributed in the surrounding districts including Maihar, 15 carton cough syrups have been seized from the possession of the accused arrested from Maihar. They used to do this work for Ankit.