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The Narcotics Control Bureau has busted a major India–Myanmar drug syndicate under Operation RAZEPILL and seized 227.2 kg of Captagon tablets and powder, officials said.

A Syrian national and the owner of a factory in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, have been arrested in connection with the case. According to sources, the Captagon tablets recovered from Neb Sarai were illegally manufactured at the factory using sophisticated machinery and chemical materials.

Further investigation into the drug network is underway.

Four people were killed and one person was seriously injured after a truck collided with a car on National Highway-34 near the Chhirka crossing on the Hamirpur-Mahoba road around 1.30 pm, police said.

The victims were returning to Kanpur after visiting Bageshwar Dham when their Wagon R was hit by a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction, according to police.

The deceased were identified as Narendra Kumar (55), his wife Rekha (52), and their friends Raj Kapoor (57) and his wife Meena (52), all residents of Kanpur's Nawabganj area.

The car driver, Ayush Chauhan (25) of Lucknow, sustained serious injuries and has been referred to Hamirpur district hospital. His condition is stated to be stable.

All car occupants were taken to the Community Health Centre in Maudaha, where doctors declared four of them dead. Bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination.

On Sunday, the World Health Organisation classified the Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda as a “public health emergency of international concern.” According to Reuters, the authority further added that the Bundibugyo virus-driven outbreak does not currently fulfil the conditions for a pandemic emergency.