Codeine Trafficking Kingpin's Rs 9.5 Crore Assets Frozen in Major Crackdown

• Police in Kanpur froze assets worth Rs 9.5 crore, including properties, vehicles, and bank accounts, linked to alleged interstate codeine trafficking kingpin Vinod Agrawal.
• Five immovable properties, an Innova vehicle worth Rs 23 lakh, and six bank accounts with Rs 42 lakh were frozen under the NDPS Act.
• The case involves the illegal procurement and distribution of codeine-based cough syrups, with nearly 26 lakh bottles allegedly procured over two years.
• The supply chain extended to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Bihar, with 50 police personnel investigating procurement routes and financial transactions.
• The frozen assets were allegedly acquired using proceeds from the illegal sale of codeine cough syrup, marking a "financial strike" against the narcotics trade.