ALLAHABAD: In a major breakthrough, sleuths of Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Sunday confiscated around 650 bottles of fake cough syrup from Allahabad railway junction .

The consignment was to be delivered to West Bengal. The police also arrested four key operators of the racket from Allahabad railway junction premises.

The arrested persons were identified as Rakesh Sharma , a resident of Kareli, Allahabad, and Malda residents Salim, Obaid-ul-Haque and Inam-ul-Haque. Four general class railway tickets were recovered from their possession.

During routine checking on platform number 6 of Allahabad railway junction, RPF personnel found six large bags kept on the platform. On probing, they found around 650 bottles of counterfeit cough syrup in the bags.

They subsequently seized the consignment and the four persons who were carrying it.

On interrogation, the arrested persons revealed that they used to supply the cough syrup bottles to rural areas in Malda.

Talking to TOI, RPF inspector Anand Kumar said a sample of the cough syrup has been send to the drug inspector for testing. A case has been lodged against the accused.