Zubair Sheikh Arrested: Key Player in Illegal Cough Syrup Smuggling to Bangladesh

• Sonbhadra police arrested Zubair Sheikh from Kolkata, a key figure in the illegal codeine cough syrup syndicate.
• Zubair Sheikh, originally from Aurangabad, Maharashtra, led the gang transporting Shubham Jaiswal's cough syrup to the Bangladesh border.
• Cough syrup was hidden in rice sacks in trucks driven by Zubair's gang; drivers from specific regions were avoided to prevent leaks.
• The multi-crore smuggling operation was exposed in October last year when a truck was stopped in Sonbhadra, revealing hidden cough syrup bottles.
• Investigation led to Shubham Jaiswal and raids across multiple states, uncovering millions of codeine cough syrup bottles.