nActing on a tip off, the Kunkuri police on Friday arrested a youngster from Semarkachar for stocking 20 cartons of cough syrup worth more than Rs 3,45,600 in the market.
A search for the main kingpin in the supply of the cough syrup, which is sold as an intoxicant, is on, police said.
Following a tip that a large quantity of cough syrup has been stocked in Semarkachar, police raided the house of the accused, identified as Shankar Ram (28), said Kunkuri town inspector of police Vishal Kujur.
“A stock of 20 cartons containing 2,880 bottles, each of 100 ml of Rc-Kuff syrup was recovered from the resident of Ram at Semarkachar. The cost of seizure as per the MRP is Rs 3.45 lakh,” he said.
Due to the lockdown, the police have been continuously monitoring the movement of narcotics and other intoxicants in the region, said sub divisional officer (police) Manish Kunwar.