Imphal, Oct. 8 -- Manipur Police have arrested a suspected key operator of an interstate narcotics network in Gujarat and recovered 8,320 bottles of cough syrup containing Codeine Phosphate during a follow-up operation, officials said on Wednesday.

The investigation began with an FIR registered at Porompat Police Station following the arrest of three people and the seizure of suspected illicit substances. As the probe progressed, police allegedly identified Nongthombam Jamesjit, alias Thoi, as a key figure in the suspected network.

Jamesjit, who runs Kangla Drugs & Surgical Pharmacy at Naoremthong Bazar in Imphal West, had reportedly been evading arrest. Police later traced and apprehended him in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

A local court in Gu...