<p>The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-nigerian-national-trying-flee-with-drugs-worth-over-rs-20-held-by-anc-officials-in-borivali-23292288" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Anti Narcotics Cell</a> of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/mumbai-police-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai police</a> has busted an interstate drug smuggling racket and seized cough syrup worth around Rs 35 lakh.</p>
<p>The Police arrested two persons, the official said on Saturday. Both men, aged 38 years and 44 years, have been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.</p>
<p>Cough syrups with an ingredient of codeine phosphate have an intoxicating effect on nerves and they are widely abused due to easy availability at chemist shops.</p>
<p>"Two people were nabbed at Sion on Wednesday and recovered four boxes of codeine-based cough syrup worth Rs 2.85 lakh from them," the police official said.</p>
<p>"Investigation showed that one of them, a resident of Pali in Rajasthan, had brought 40 more cartons of the cough syrup from his state on his cancelled medical licence and stocked the consignment in a godown at Bhiwandi in the neighbouring Thane district," the police official added.</p>
<p>The police then raided the Bhiwandi godown and seized the cough syrup worth Rs 31.65 lakh, taking the total value of the seizure to Rs 34.5 lakh.</p>
<p><strong>(with inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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