The police on Monday said that three persons, among them two from Karnataka, have been arrested for alleged possession of 120 bottles of codeine syrup in Maharashtra`s Thane district, reported news agency PTI.

The trio were apprehended with the banned substance near the APMC market in Kalyan last month, an official said.

He said the police seized 120 bottles of codeine syrup worth Rs 27,000 and arrested Kalyan resident Tousif Asifg Surve (34), Lingraj Aparay Algud (40) and Irfan alias Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed (34), both hailing from Karnataka, reported PTI.