Guwahati, 2 May, 2012

Over 3,700 bottles of Phensedyl, a cough syrup, valued at Rs 3 lakh were today seized from the possession of a person at Guwahati railway station today.

Acting on a tip off, the police arrested one Sanjay Singh, who was travelling in the Awadh-Assam Express, and recovered the cough syrup bottles from his posession which were being illegally brought into the state, the police said. Singh hails from Katihar in Bihar and was bringing the phensedyl for selling here.

Phensedyl contains codeine and is often abused by addicts.

PTI

 

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