India, Oct. 30 -- A 32-year-old man was arrested with a consignment of more than 1,300 bottles of prohibited category of cough syrup from his residence in Punhana's Luhinga Kala, Nuh on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.

Police identified the suspect as Sahun Khan, who was involved in the illegal activity for the last several months.

Investigators said that all the cough syrups were codeine-based whose illegal possession or sale is strictly prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act as they are abused for recreational purposes.

Krishan Kumar, public relations officer of the Nuh police, said that the crime branch had received a tip-off about a large-scale supply of codeine-based cough syrup in the various...