By Our Reporter
SHILLONG, Oct 4: More than 44,000 bottles of banned Phensedyl cough syrup were seized by Meghalaya Police from an abandoned truck in East Jaintia Hills.
Before the seizure, police were tipped off about two trucks coming from the opposite direction at Lumshnong both bearing the same registration number.
While the truck proceeding from Assam stopped, the other drove rashly instead and when pursued, the driver abandoned it, the police said in a statement issued here.
When police searched the truck in the presence of independent witnesses, 150 bags containing 44,900 bottles (100 ml) each of banned Phensedyl syrup were recovered.
The latest seizure comes a few days after the Meghalaya Police busted a fake Phensedyl factory in nearby West Jaintia Hills district in which three persons were arrested.
The cost of a 100ml phensedyl bottle is around Rs 100 in India while it fetches nearly 10 times its price in Bangladesh. (With PTI inputs)