Maharashtra: Two held for illegally stocking Codeine-based cough syrup in Thane district

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Two persons were arrested for illegally stocking Codeine-based cough syrup in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

Based on a tip-off, the police on Thursday raided a grocery shop in Kalyan town and nabbed the two accused, while another man involved in the crime escaped the scene, an official said.

An offence under sections 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) 273 (sale of noxious food or drink) and 276 (sale of drug as a different drug or preparation) of the Indian Penal Code and Drugs and Cosmetics Act has been registered, sub-inspector Kiran Bhise of MFC police station said.

The accused Irfan Imamuddin Shaikh (30) and Shaukat Iqbal Shaikh (37) and Sohel Shaikh allegedly stocked Codeine-based cough syrup at the shop, he said, adding that 42 bottles were seized from the premises.

Police have arrested two persons in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai and seized from them fake currency notes with a face value of nearly Rs 50 lakh, an official said on Friday.

The accused, who hail from Bhuj in Kutch district of neighbouring Gujarat, were arrested on Thursday night based on a tip-off, and the police also recovered cash worth more than Rs 1 lakh from them, he said.

"After being alerted, a team from the Kharghar police station in Navi Mumbai nabbed the duo. During their frisking, a total of 9,981 fake currency notes of Rs 500 denomination with 'Children Bank of India' written on them and without any serial number were seized from them," he said.

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The seized notes looked exactly like the genuine ones. The accused had planned to circulate these notes of Rs 49,90,500 face value in the market, the police official said.

Cash worth Rs 1,09,500 was also recovered from the duo identified as Usman Dushap Saha (40) and Abdul Hasan Turk (41), he added.

Police said that the accused have been booked under various Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, including 420 (cheating), 489 (B) (using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes) and 34 (common intention).