{"id":20561,"date":"2026-04-15T09:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=20561"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:44:02","slug":"massive-drug-bust-on-bengali-new-year-143-crore-worth-cough-syrup-seized-in-churaibari-two-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/massive-drug-bust-on-bengali-new-year-143-crore-worth-cough-syrup-seized-in-churaibari-two-held\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Drug Bust on Bengali New Year: \u20b91.43 Crore Worth Cough Syrup Seized in Churaibari, Two Held"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Churaibari, Assam | April 15:<\/strong> In a major anti-drug operation on the first day of Bengali New Year, Assam Police seized a huge consignment of illegal cough syrup at Churaibari while it was being smuggled from Guwahati to Agartala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to official sources, the incident took place around 6:30 AM on Wednesday when a six-wheeler truck (AS26AC-1102) was intercepted at a naka checkpoint. The operation was led by officer Niranjan Das. During the search, police found the contraband cleverly concealed beneath a load of watermelons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On opening the cartons, officials recovered a total of <strong>95 cartons containing 14,250 bottles of Eskuf cough syrup<\/strong>. The estimated market value of the seized narcotics is around <strong>\u20b91.43 crore<\/strong>, informed SDPO Anirban Sharma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two drivers have been arrested in connection with the case: Nazrul Islam from Barpeta district, Muslim Mia from Melaghar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A case has been registered under the <strong>NDPS Act<\/strong>, and further investigation is underway. Police officials reiterated their commitment to intensifying operations against drug trafficking, noting that similar large-scale seizures have been recorded in recent times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Churaibari, Assam | April 15: In a major anti-drug operation on the first day of Bengali New Year, Assam Police seized a huge consignment of illegal cough syrup at Churaibari while it was being smuggled from Guwahati to Agartala. According to official sources, the incident took place around 6:30 AM on Wednesday when a six-wheeler [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":20560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":{"0":"post-20561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tripura"},"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20563,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20561\/revisions\/20563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20561"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=20561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}