Bangladesh manufactured medicines seized

Huge quantities of Bangladesh manufactured medicines have been confiscated and a man was arrested in this connection in Assam's Kamrup (rural) district today, police said

Acting on a tip-off, the police confiscated the medicines from Salmara village under Baihata police station of the district and arrested a person.

The medicines are estimated to be worth nearly Rs one lakh and the arrested person has been identified as Mainul Haque.

Haque claimed that he hails from Barpeta but his orgin and antecedents are being investigated, police said.