'Want some cough syrup with your kopi?' Brisk business behind Geylang coffee shop despite raids

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A makeshift cough syrup dispensary operating behind a coffee shop in Geylang Lorong 7 sees brisk business every night. No consultation is needed, and the plastic bottles do not come with labels.

And the"doctors"? Middle-aged men who you can be certain have no medical training, yet are more than ready to sell bottles of cough syrup to anyone willing to pay.Enjoy unlimited access to ST's best work Subscribe Now

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Who is supplying these guys with the syrup in the first place?

Seriously? 😏

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