Police seize 141 cartons cough syrup worth Rs 11.50 lakh

Police tonight seized 141 cartons of cordin cough syrup worth Rs 11.50 lakh from a house located in Om Nagar area under town police of Bihar's Araria district.
Acting on a tip off police raided the house at Om Nagar area and arrested its landord Tun Tun Poddar for storing the drug, Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Porika said.
The seized drug belongs to Jain agency which has stored it in the house of Tun Tun Poddar, the SP said adding that an FIR has been lodged against agency's own Alok Jain for further action.
Sources said that the sale of cough syrup is on the rise ever since the prohibition was implemented in the state on April 1 last.

People, who used to consume liquor, are using cough syrup as intoxicated material.
The state government has put the drug under restricted sale.