VARANASI, Feb. 13 -- Varanasi police froze assets totalling approximately Rs.33 crore on Thursday in twin operations against codeine cough syrup smuggling. A Kotwal police team confiscated properties worth Rs.28 crore belonging to accused Bhola Prasad Jaiswal in Varanasi, while Sarnath police separately seized assets worth Rs.5.18 crore of accused Vinod Agarwal in Kanpur.

Assistant commissioner of police (Kotwal) Vijay Pratap Singh, leading a team with inspector in charge Dayashankar Singh, confiscated multiple properties of Jaiswal under Section 26D of the NDPS Act, along with sections 61(2), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 318(4) of BNS and sections 8/21/29 of the NDPS Act.

Investigation revealed Jaiswal allegedly obtained substantial financial ...