The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force has arrested a person from Lucknow on Tuesday (December 2, 2025) in connection with the illegal storage and trade of banned cough syrup and other medicines containing codeine, police said. According to a statement issued by the Office of the Director General of Police (DGP) on Tuesday (December 2), the Special Task Force (STF) was receiving information about illegal storage and trade of Phensedyl cough syrup and other drugs containing codeine for use as intoxicants.

Informants revealed that these medicines were being sent to Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, West Bengal and other parts of Bangladesh. Subsequently, the STF and the Department of Food Safety and Pharmaceuticals formed a joint investigation committee, which later recovered a large quantity of illegal Phensedyl cough syrup. After this a case was registered at Sushant Golf City Police Station.

During the investigation, the STF arrested two accused, Vibhor Rana and Vishal Singh, on November 12. Another accused, Amit Kumar Singh alias Amit Tata, was arrested on November 27.

Upon questioning, he revealed the role of Alok Pratap Singh, the fourth accused in the case. He was arrested on Tuesday (December 2) from near Palacio Mall in the limits of Sushant Golf City police station, the statement said. He is being interrogated for information about other gang members.