16 June,2022 09:52 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 7,200 bottles of cough syrup containing Codeine, worth Rs 40 lakh, and arrested two persons in Bhiwandi town of neighbouring Thane district, an official said on Thursday.
"In an operation conducted on Wednesday night, a team from the NCB apprehended the accused after chasing them on Bhiwani highway," the police official said.
"The contraband, which was being transported in a pick-up truck, was to be delivered in Bhiwandi area to customers in retail at various areas in Mumbai and Thane," he said.
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"Interrogations revealed that the accused, who were carrier and receiver of the contraband, were important members of a syndicate dealing in the illegal supply of Codeine-based cough syrups (CBCS)," the official added.
(with inputs from PTI)