Hyderabad, April 22 -- The illegal sale of Codeine-based cough syrups in Hyderabad was busted on Monday, April 21. Three persons, including a woman, were arrested.

The accused were identified as Nalla Rajini, Anmol Kumar Singhal (licensee of Generic World Medical Shop, Vidyanagar), and Dinesh Kumar Goyal (licensee of Himalaya Pharma, Ghori Nagar, Old Bowenpally).

In a joint operation, the Prohibition and Excise department and the Drug Control Administration (DCA) cancelled the licenses of the two medical shops and seized 1.050 kg of dry ganja from the accused.

They were identified as Vaibhav Kulkarni and Manupati Bhanu Prakash at Ramanthapur.

During interrogation, the accused revealed information about the sale of Codeine Phosphate Sy...