Cough syrup case: Rs 3.5 cr assets attached

Police on Sunday attached immovable properties worth around Rs 3.5 crore allegedly acquired through the illegal trade of codeine-based cough syrup, officials said. The action was carried out by a joint team of the Mughalsarai police station and the Crime Branch in the presence of Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh.

UP Police is probing an illegal network involved in the smuggling of highly regulated codeine-laced cough syrups across the state. The accused, Swapnil, from Krishna Nagar in the Mughalsarai area, faces multiple cases registered locally for the illegal trade of codeine-based cough syrup, Singh said. Separate cases have also been registered against him, who is presently in jail, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, the officer said.

During the investigation, police found that the accused and his family had purchased several immovable properties using proceeds from the illegal trade.

Six properties located in Bechhupur and Harishankarpur under the Mughalsarai tehsil were identified and taken into possession on February 11, he added.