On the night of August 17, in the Churaibari area of Assam’s Karimganj district near the Tripura border, Assam Police seized 61,000 bottles of illegal cough syrup from a truck. The confiscated bottles were valued at Rs. 4 crore in the market. The truck’s operator, Biswajit Biswas, was detained by the police. Acting on a tip, the police intercepted the truck in the Churaibari neighborhood as part of their ongoing operation against drugs.
Pratap Das, Additional Superintendent of Police of Karimganj district, confirmed the seizure and arrest, stating that further investigations are underway. Additionally, on August 1, Assam Police confiscated 31,000 bottles of cough medicine from a truck in the same area near the Assam-Tripura border after discovering an abandoned lorry.
