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Phensedyl worth Rs 26 cr seized

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Press Trust of India Agartala
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

The driver and his assistant were arrested, sources in BSF said today.

Acting on a tip-off the security forces yesterday stopped the truck from Jalpaguri in West Bengal and recovered the bottles hidden inside the bags of potatoes.

Phensedyl is a drug used in cough syrup. It is smuggled into Bangladesh, where sale of alcohol is banned. People drink this syrup in excess quantity to get drunk, sources said.

  

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First Published: Sep 06 2012 | 1:35 PM IST

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