Archive · 29 Jul 2026
UP Police Arrest Man in Codeine Cough Syrup Scam
A man named Ayush Pratap Singh was caught by police in Uttar Pradesh, India, for making a fake licence that let him sell a medicine called codeine cough syrup.
He was found near a canal and had a reward of 25,000 rupees on him.
The police said there was no real pharmacy at the address on the licence and no records of the medicine being sold.
The state government has been raiding places, cancelling many fake licences, and taking away thousands of illegal medicine bottles.
The case also involves laws that control drugs and cosmetics.
Man arrested near Lalapur Badi Canal in Maheshganj, UP, for forging a drug licence to sell codeine cough syrup.
Accused Ayush Pratap Singh, alias Singh Ayush Pratap Vinod, from Jaunpur, was caught with a Rs 25,000 reward.
Investigation found no legitimate medical store at the licensed address and no sale records for the syrups.
Uttar Pradesh authorities launched raids, registered 128+ FIRs, cancelled hundreds of licences, and seized thousands of illicit vials.
Case invoked the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
- Who
- Ayush Pratap Singh (alias Singh Ayush Pratap Vinod) and Uttar Pradesh police
- What
- Arrested for forging a drug licence and illegally selling codeine-based cough syrup
- When
- July 29, 2025
- Where
- Near Lalapur Badi Canal, Maheshganj police station area, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- To illegally stock and sell codeine cough syrup using a forged licence
- Accused
- Ayush Pratap Singh (alias Singh Ayush Pratap Vinod)
- Location of arrest
- Lalapur Badi Canal, Maheshganj police station area, Uttar Pradesh
- Reward
- Rs 25,000
- Number of FIRs
- 128+
- Licences cancelled
- hundreds
- Vials seized
- lakhs