Who is Saurav Tyagi? From Running a Medical Store to Supplying Banned Cough Syrup from Ghaziabad to Bangladesh
Ghaziabad, November 3, 2025: In a major crackdown, the Ghaziabad SWAT team intercepted a massive consignment of banned cough syrup that was bound for Bangladesh. Acting on intelligence from Sonbhadra Police, authorities raided a warehouse near Gulhar on the Delhi-Meerut Highway and recovered nearly 1.5 lakh bottles of codeine-containing cough syrup hidden under lime bags in four trucks.
The operation led to the arrest of eight people involved in the illegal trade, but the kingpin behind this racket has been identified as Saurav Tyagi, a resident of Makhanpur in Sahibabad, Ghaziabad. Tyagi, who originally ran a medical store, gradually entered the illegal cough syrup business after coming in contact with suppliers of banned medicines. He quickly emerged as a major supplier, handling dist...









