Cough syrup worth ₹36L seized in Sribhumi

Silchar: Police seized 3,600 bottles of banned cough syrup worth about ₹36 lakh from a courier company’s container truck at Churaibari in Sribhumi district on Sunday night, officials said.Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a team from Churaibari police station intercepted a six-wheeled container truck at the Assam-Tripura border check gate after it arrived from Delhi via Guwahati. The vehicle was kept under surveillance at the police watch post.The driver fled under the cover of darkness, sources said, escaping on the pretext of opening the container door. He remains absconding.Police searched the vehicle on Monday morning under the supervision of Patharkandi co-district superintendent of police Anirban Sharma and recovered two wooden boxes concealed behind other goods. The boxes contained the cough syrup bottles, officials said.“Our team acted decisively based on intelligence inputs. We are committed to a zero-tolerance policy against drugs and narcotics, and such drives will continue,” Sharma told reporters.Sharma said legal action would also be initiated against the vehicle owner. Police launched a manhunt for the driver, with teams searching multiple locations.Officials said the case underscores the continued use of commercial transport vehicles to move contraband across state borders.