Ranchi: A Ranchi-based drug peddler was arrested on Saturday on charges of transporting 120 bottles of cough syrup and 2,295 tablets, allegedly being used as intoxicants, Khunti police said.The arrested accused has been identified as Abdul Qudus Kasif (59) of Paras Toli in Doranda area of Ranchi, police added.Khunti superintendent of police (SP) Rishabha Garg said, “We received inputs that a man was coming to Khunti from Ranchi with regulated medicines to sell them. Police saw a man on bike with ransacks on front and back at the bus stand. Seeing the police, he turned back his bike and sped away, but was caught after a chase.”“Kasif confessed during interrogation that he moved around the district to sell the addictive drugs. Raids are under way to track down other members of the gang suspected to be involved in the illegal trade. Investigators are probing the supply chain and possible local buyers,” he added.