Five suspects were arrested. Kolkata: Massive consignments of morphine and illicit cough syrup were intercepted in separate operations in Malda and Nadia districts on Friday.
In the first operation, Special Task Force (STF) of Bengal Police intercepted a vehicle near Madhughat in Malda district, seizing around 2.7 kg of morphine worth about Rs 3 crore in the international market. A search yielded nearly 1,200 bottles of prohibited cough syrup worth around Rs 10 lakh.
Four Malda residents, including suspected primary supplier Sahibar Ali, were arrested, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police stepped up surveillance near Padmamala Bridge and intercepted a vehicle during late-night patrols. Police arrested the driver, Kanhaiya Kumar Jha, a resident of Tollygunge in Kolkata.
Simultaneously, in Nadia district, local police foiled a bid to smuggle a large consignment of banned cough syrup into Bangladesh on Friday night.