Airport police station’s success in recovering contraband cough syrup

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, November 5, 2026

Even amidst the din and bustle of electioneering for civic body polls there is no let-up in smuggling and drug peddling activities in the state as proven by what happened in the airport police station area last night. The airport police station personnel last night pulled off a successful anti-drug operation by recovering altogether 875 bottles of contraband cough syrup under the brand of Escof from a private house. Sources said that, acting on a tip-off the officer in charge of airport police station Shyamal Debnath had led a raid on the residences of Shubhankar Saha and Dipankar Saha in the Nabagram Chaumuhuni area . In the course of search operation in both the houses the police party recovered as many as 875 bottles of contraband Escof cough syrup used for addiction and seized them. Sources said that the seized consignment of cough syrup is priced at more than Rs 10 lakhs in the black market.

Both Shubhankar Saha and Dipankar Saha-both cousins to each other-were arrested from their houses and cases under NDPS act have been slapped against them. Both the cough syrup peddlers are being produced in court today for police remand for custodial interrogation. The case will be investigated thoroughly to find out the extent of the peddling nexus of contraband cough syrup , sources added.

Meanwhile, the dead body of a person was recovered in the early hours of today from Birampur area under Jatrapur police station in Sonamura subdivision. Sources from Sonamura said that , having sighted a human body lying beside a road in Birampur village , a few people had contacted the Jatrapur police station . A police team arrived soon and took away the body to Sonamura community health centre for post mortem has the man had already died before recovery . The dead body was identified as that of Rabiur Rahaman (42), a resident of Birampur and given to heavy drinking . However ,the police suspect foul play behind the recovery of the body of Rabiur Rahaman as his body had marks of multiple injuries on it though police opined that whether it was a murder will be clear only after the post mortem report is received.

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