More than 1300 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup seized in Nuh, one held

Investigators said that all the cough syrups were codeine-based whose illegal possession or sale is strictly prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act as they are abused for recreational purposes.

Published on: Oct 30, 2025, 05:12:00 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A 32-year-old man was arrested with a consignment of more than 1,300 bottles of prohibited category of cough syrup from his residence in Punhana’s Luhinga Kala, Nuh on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.

Police identified the suspect as Sahun Khan, who was involved in the illegal activity for the last several months.

Investigators said that all the cough syrups were codeine-based whose illegal possession or sale is strictly prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act as they are abused for recreational purposes.

Krishan Kumar, public relations officer of the Nuh police, said that the crime branch had received a tip-off about a large-scale supply of codeine-based cough syrup in the various parts of Nuh following which they had started gathering information about the racket.

“Afterwards, they reached Lunhinga Kala and raided Khan’s residence to recover six sacks filled with the syrup bottles and caught him,” he said.

Kumar said that the crime branch team also roped in the senior officials for verification as per the provisions of the NDPS Act and drug inspector who later submitted a report that these syrups were codeine-based which is misused by people.

“We are questioning the suspect to ascertain from where he was procuring the medicines and to whom all he was supplying,” he said.

Kumar said that based on the information, they will further crackdown on the suppliers and those involved in purchasing the syrups at a higher rate.

“He had no valid documents to show the purchase or for storing them. We have found some phone numbers from Khan’s mobile phone which are of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and we suspect these numbers are of the suppliers,” he said.

On the complaint of a crime branch official, an FIR against Khan was registered under NDPS Act at Sadar Punhana police station on Tuesday night.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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