Dimapur, Aug. 26 -- Police in Nagaland's Dimapur seized 19,760 bottles of suspected codeine-based cough syrup during a raid at a warehouse in Marwari Patti on Tuesday evening.

Dimapur Police DCP (Crime), in a release, on Wednesday said that, acting on credible ground intelligence, a team from the Sub-Urban Police Station raided a warehouse located at House No. 23-B, Jain Temple Road, Marwari Patti, Dimapur. When the tenant failed to turn up despite repeated calls, ACP (West) ordered the opening of the locked godown.

To ensure complete transparency, the entire search was conducted in the presence of independent local witnesses, with the process digitally documented through the e-Sakshya platform, the release said.

During the search, 101...