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The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force has arrested a antheral from Lucknow connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025) successful transportation with illegal retention and commercialized of banned cough syrup and different drugs containing codeine, the constabulary said.
According to a connection issued by the bureau of the Director General of Police (DGP) connected Tuesday (December 2), the Special Task Force (STF) had been receiving accusation astir the amerciable retention and commercialized of Phensedyl cough syrup and different drugs containing codeine for usage arsenic intoxicants.
The informants revealed that these drugs were being sent to different parts of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Following this, the STF and the Food Safety and Pharmaceuticals Department formed a associated probe committee, which subsequently recovered a ample quantity of illicit Phensedyl cough syrup.
A lawsuit was registered astatine Sushant Golf City constabulary presumption pursuing this.
During investigation, the STF arrested 2 accused, Vibhor Rana and Vishal Singh, connected November 12. Another accused, Amit Kumar Singh alias Amit Tata, was arrested connected November 27.
On interrogation, they revealed the relation of a 4th accused, Alok Pratap Singh, successful the case. He was arrested adjacent Palassio Mall successful Sushant Golf City constabulary presumption limits connected Tuesday (December 2), the connection said. He is being interrogated for accusation connected different members of the gang, it added.
