Bolangir: Police seized over 10, 000 bottles of cough syrup from a truck at Tureikela near Kantabanji in Bolangir district.
As per reports, a team of police intercepted the truck engaged in transportation of the codeine-based syrup at Tureikela.
During the search, the team recovered few bottles of cough syrup.
Notably, drug addicts are using the cough syrup as a viable substitute for liquor due to its sedative content and some unscrupulous elements are taking advantage of it to make huge money.