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Banned cough syrup worth around ₹2 crore has been recovered from a goods train at Jirania railway station in Tripura, police said on Friday (October 17, 2025).
The recovery was made following a search operation on Thursday (October 16, 2025) that commenced around 4.30 p.m. and concluded in the early hours of Friday (October 17, 2025), the police said.
“In a major breakthrough in the fight against drug trafficking, a joint operation was carried out by the Government Railway Police Force [GRP], Customs Department and Special Task Force [STF] on Thursday [October 16, 2025],” an official release said.
“During the coordinated raid, the teams successfully recovered 90,000 bottles of banned Escuf syrup [100 ml each] from two goods train wagons stationed at Jirania railway station in West Tripura,” the release said.
No arrest has yet been made in connection with the seizure.
Published – October 17, 2025 02:45 pm IST
