Madhepura: Police in Madhepura have seized 800 litres of a banned, intoxicating cough syrup and arrested three individuals in connection with an alleged smuggling operation.
Officers from Madhepura Sadar police station stopped a Bolero pickup truck near College Chowk on National Highway 106 during routine checks on Monday. The vehicle, registered as BR 01GL 4508, was found to be transporting 50 cartons containing 8,000 bottles of Viscodin – a codeine-based cough syrup banned under India’s narcotics regulations due to its widespread misuse as a recreational drug.
The three men arrested have been identified as Shyamrup Yadav, a resident of Didarganj in Patna; Brajesh Yadav, also known as “Master”, from Saharsa district; and Bittu Sah from Madhepura. Police confirmed that all three suspects are facing multiple previous cases related to illegal liquor and narcotics trafficking.
Brajesh Yadav is reportedly named in two separate cases of liquor smuggling registered at Rajaun police station in Banka (case number 149/22) and Murliganj police station in Madhepura (case number 264/25). Bittu Sah is facing legal proceedings under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in case number 597/24 at Dumra police station in Sitamarhi district.
