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Ghaziabad: 50000 Bottles Of Wiscorex Cough Syrup Seized, Three Arrested
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News18•13-10-2026, 19:47
Ghaziabad: 50000 Bottles Of Wiscorex Cough Syrup Seized, Three Arrested
- •Ghaziabad Police arrested three accused involved in the illegal sale of codeine-based cough syrup under Operation Prahari.
- •A joint team recovered 49600 bottles of Wiscorex cough syrup packed in 310 cases from a warehouse in Sahibabad.
- •The estimated value of the seized illegal cough syrup is approximately 8580800 rupees.
- •The accused ordered the stock from a manufacturing company in Himachal Pradesh under the guise of a Delhi-based firm.
- •The smuggled syrup was repackaged in unmarked cartons and illegally supplied to Bihar to make huge profits.
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Ghaziabad Police seized 49,600 bottles of codeine-based Wiscorex cough syrup under 'Operation Prahari' following a tip-off, arresting three accused involved in illegal smuggling from a warehouse in Sahibabad.
The interrogated suspects revealed that the consignment was ordered via transport from a manufacturing company based in Himachal Pradesh, specifically 'Ucc Syrup Manufacturing Company' in Paonta Sahib, under the name of a Delhi firm.
The police registered a case against the accused under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNS) and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
