Banned cough syrups seized, two held

Banned cough syrups seized, two held 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK  17.03.2025

Vadodara : The Vadodara special operations group (SOG) arrested two individuals who illegally stocked banned cough syrups containing codeine, an opiate (used to treat pain), which is abused, particularly among young people. 

SOG officials arrested Vipul Rajput (23) a resident of Ratilal Park Society in Wag- hodiya, runs a medical store named Oakland Pharmacy near Gayatri temple in Waghodiya and Keyur Rajput (33), a resident of the Wadi area, runs a medical store named Ma Medical Store. 

Police officials said they received a tip-off that the banned syrup was stocked at Vipul’s house in Waghodiya. After the SOG team conducted a raid at the house along with a team of FSL and Vadodara food and drug inspector, the duo confessed to being involved in the illegal racket of selling the banned syrup. Later, the accused also revealed that they used to stock the cough syrup along with other medicines at a rented godown near Gayatri temple. When the SOG team raided the premises, they seized 4,785 bottles of 100 ml bottles of codeine phosphate and triprolidine HCL syrup, Anrex cough syrup worth Rs 10.97 lakh, along with 1,59,120 capsules of NRX dicyclomine hydrochloride, tramadol hydrochloride, and acetaminophen capsules, SEMDEX-plus capsules worth Rs 15.57 lakh.

 The total seizure is worth Rs 26.54 lakh, including cash, mobile phones, and vehicles. The duo was arrested and booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act