Bahraich, Oct. 15 -- In a joint operation, Rupaidiha police, the drug administration department and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) arrested a 23-year-old man and seized 1,279 bottles of codeine-based intoxicating cough syrup near the Indo-Nepal border. The team also seized a Mahindra XUV500, two media identity cards and a mobile phone. The operation was carried out at around 11 pm on October 13 near the Kewalpur underpass in Rupaidiha following specific intelligence inputs. The arrested man was identified as Fazle Ilahi alias Nihal, son of Nafisul Hasan. He is a resident of the Topkhana locality in Nanpara, Bahraich. According to police, the vehicle had an inscription identifying its occupant as the state general secretary of the Uttar Pradesh International Journalists Organisation. Two media identity cards were also recovered from his possession. Rupaidiha station house officer (SHO) Harendra Kumar Mishr said a case had been registered at Rupaidiha police station under sections 8, 21, 25 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the relevant provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. Police said further investigation was under way based on information obtained during questioning. Bahraich: In a major action against the illegal narcotics trade along the India-Nepal border, the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators Act (SAFEMA) court in Delhi ordered the freezing of properties currently valued at around Rs.1 crore. The properties were allegedly acquired using proceeds from the illegal drug trade by a medical store operator in Rupaidiha. According to police, a large quantity of codeine-based cough syrup and diazepam, a sedative drug, was seized on June 30, from Adarsh Ayurvedic Medicine Store in Rupaidiha Nagar Panchayat. The store was allegedly operating without a licence....