Ahmedabad, Aug. 10 -- The Ahmedabad Special Operations Group (SOG) has seized 5,050 bottles of Codeine Phosphate-based cough syrup and registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against an alleged unlicensed supplier and a recipient company in Mizoram.

According to officials, the investigation began after the team received information that Codeine Phosphate-based cough syrup was allegedly being supplied to various states in North India by a company operating without a valid licence.

Speaking to the media, ACP, SOG, SS Ninama said that the investigation revealed that the company had dispatched consignments to a firm in Mizoram, which was also found to be operating without the required licence.

"The...