District Detective Branch (DB) police in Kotchandpur, Jhenaidah, have detained a woman, identified as Asma Khatun, 32, along with 18 bottles of Indian Scruff cough syrup.
She was detained Thursday morning during an operation in front of a scrap shop in the upazila’s Dudhsara Jholpara Mor area.
Asma Khatun is a resident of Shyamkur village under Darshana police station in Chuadanga district. She is the wife of Afsar Hossain and daughter of Md Yunus Ali.
DB police said the operation in the Dudhsara Jholpara Mor area was carried out based on a tip-off. Asma Khatun was detained during the operation, and 18 bottles of Indian Scruff cough syrup were recovered from her.
Police said preparations are underway to file a case against her under the relevant law.