VARANASI/kanpur, 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. Investigation revealed Jaiswal allegedly obtained substantial financial gains through cough syrup smuggling for drug purposes, purchasing immovable properties with the proceeds. The case is currently pending before the court of the Additional District Judge/FTC 14 Varanasi. After identifying the properties, police obtained court orders to attach five properties worth approximately Rs 28 crore. ACP (Sarnath) Vidush Saxena led a team to freeze assets worth Rs 5.18 crore. The seized properties in Kanpur allegedly belong to Agarwal along with family members. The accused reportedly serves as the main accused in a related case at Collector Ganj police station, Kanpur.htc...