The Malwani police in Malad on Tuesday arrested two individuals and seized 710 bottles of codeine phosphate-based cough syrup labelled Onerex, which have an estimated market value of Rs 3,55,000, from them. The accused were arrested for the sale of the illegal substance under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Acting on the directives of Zone XI DCP Anand Bhoite, Senior Police Inspector Shailendra Nagarkar’s surveillance team led by Police Sub-Inspector Dr Deepak Hinde were conducting patrol duty in Beat No. 1, during which they detained two suspects, and upon inspection, police discovered two white sacks containing plastic bottles of cough syrup labelled Onerex, which contains codeine phosphate, a controlled narcotic substance.

Seized codeine-based cough syrup