Lucknow, Dec. 19 -- UP CM Yogi Adityanath said that strict action has been taken in the illegal cough syrup smuggling case. NDPS, STF and FSDA, along with the UP government and police, are on the case. He lashed out at Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav on the topic of codeine cough syrup.

On the issue, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that codeine phosphate is a drug under the NDPS Act. It is used in the manufacture of codeine-containing cough syrups, which are used to treat severe coughs. Its quota and allocation are made by the Central Narcotics Bureau only for authorised drug manufacture. He said that this cough syrup was being misused as a drug at many places.

Speaking to the media ahead of the UP Vidhan Sabha on ...