Archive · 30 Nov 2025
Father of Cough Syrup Smuggling Mastermind Arrested
The police have arrested Bhola Jaiswal, the father of the main person suspected in a big cough syrup smuggling case.
He was caught at the Kolkata Airport just as he was about to fly to Thailand and then to Singapore.
Bhola Jaiswal owns a company called Shaili Traders, which is now being investigated.
The case started when a lot of illegal codeine-based cough syrup was found in the Sonbhadra district.
The syrup was supposed to be sold in two medical stores, but when the police checked, they found the stores empty with no medicine or records.
The police are still investigating and trying to catch more people involved in this illegal trade.
Bhola Jaiswal, father of alleged mastermind Shubham Jaiswal, arrested at Kolkata Airport.
Jaiswal was intercepted before boarding a flight to Thailand, with plans to travel to Singapore.
Shaili Traders, owned by Jaiswal, supplied 7,53,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup to two medical stores in Sonbhadra.
Investigation revealed the medical stores were empty with no medicine stock or licenses.
FIR registered against Jaiswal and the operators of the two medical stores.
- Who
- Bhola Jaiswal, father of alleged mastermind Shubham Jaiswal
- What
- Arrest in a cough syrup smuggling case
- When
- Before boarding a Kolkata–Thailand flight
- Where
- Kolkata Airport
- Why
- Involvement in the illegal trade of codeine-based cough syrup
- Arrested Individual
- Bhola Jaiswal
- Location of Arrest
- Kolkata Airport
- Company Involved
- Shaili Traders
- Quantity of Syrup
- 7,53,000 bottles (7.53 crore ml)
- Medical Stores Involved
- Maa Kripa Medical and Shiviksha Pharma
- Investigating Officer
- Drug Inspector Rajesh Kumar Maurya
- Case Registration
- FIR registered at Robertsganj Kotwali
