51K intoxicating tablets, 100 syrup bottles seized

Ambala, July 5

The CIA-1 staff of the Ambala police held two men and seized 51,000 intoxicating tablets and 100 syrup bottles from them on Saturday.

The police have recovered 100 bottles of chlorpheniramine maleate and codeine phosphate syrup, and 51,000 Lomotil tablets (850 strips containing 60 tablets each).

The suspects have been identified as Kulbir Singh and Vijay Pal Singh, both residents of Punjab. They were sent to a two-day police remand. On a tip-off, they were arrested from a spot near a Haryana Roadways workshop. They failed to produce any licence or permit regarding the tablets and syrup bottles.

A case has been registered under Section 21 (c) of the NDPS Act. — TNS