KHATMANDU: The state, it seems, is gradually turning into a narcotics zone owing to prohibition imposed in Bihar on April 5 last year. The 56th battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Monday seized huge quantity of drugs, including 8,496 tablets of Spasmo Proxyvon Plus, 1,000 tablets of Nitrosun, 350 bottles of Corex syrup, 495 bottles of Parvo Cof and 570 injections of different types, among others, from Jogbani near Indo-Nepal border.
An expert said Spasmo Proxyvon Pluz is mostly used in case of stomach pain and at times prescribed to pregnant women. Nitrosun is a sleeping pill usually prescribed to treat insomnia. Corex and Parvo Cof are cough syrups and used for ailments in respiratory system. “All these drugs are not allowed to be sold without medical prescription, but are used by addicts,” he said.
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It’s not a one-off case. Opium worth of Rs60 lakh was seized from Gaya on last Saturday. Recent data from Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) suggested that Bihar is among the top five states in the country in terms of seizure of ganja since prohibition on April 5 last year.
