India, May 25 -- The Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested five alleged members of a drug syndicate who were supplying Tramadol-based capsules and codeine syrups illegally in and around Delhi University's North Campus, police said on Saturday.

Police said that they received a tip on May 12 that a man was supplying illegal drugs near a college and would be on a nearby road to deliver a consignment. Acting on the tip, police laid a trap and arrested the man, identified as Manish Bhatle (25), they said.

"A packet containing 10 boxes of capsules (Dicyclomine HCI, Tramadol HCI, and Acetaminophen) totaling 2,360 capsules was recovered from him. Another packet containing 120 bottles of codeine-based syrup was also seized. The accused had no bill ...