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ED raids more than 25 locations in multi-state crackdown on illegal cough syrup racket
Updated On: 12 December, 2025 04:28 PM IST | Lucknow | mid-day online correspondent
The federal probe agency recently registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), taking cognisance of about 30 UP Police FIRs related to the misuse, illegal manufacturing, trade and transport of CBCS, including smuggling across the Bangladesh border
ED officers said the estimated proceeds of crime under the PMLA amount to around Rs 1,000 crore. Representational Pic
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted raids across multiple states as part of a money-laundering investigation into an alleged illegal codeine-based cough syrup (CBCS) trafficking racket in Uttar Pradesh, officials said, reported news agency PTI.
More than 25 locations were searched in Lucknow, Varanasi, Jaunpur and Saharanpur, as well as in Ranchi and Ahmedabad, they added.
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