CHURAIBARI, March 12 (TIWN): In a successful drive, police seized cough syrup worth crores from Churaibari. The cough syrup stocks have been suspected to be connected with the Agartala-Kolkata racket. Police have arrested the truck driver and his assistant from the incident spot. The successful operation was conducted by Assam Police on Tuesday afternoon. A 12-wheeler vehicle bearing number WB47-2103 was entering Tripura via Chuaribari whose destination was Agartala. During a routine checkup, police were successful to seize the narcotic items. A huge quantity of escof and phensedyl were seized from the truck. Total 1,100 bottles of phensedyl and over 8,000 escof were seized.

The truck driver Sanjoy Roy (45), S/O-Subodh Roy, resident of West Bengal and assistant Sadananda Roy (35), S/O-Sailen Roy, resident of Shyam Bazar were arrested.

NDPS cases have been lodged against both of them by Assam Police.