Daijiworld Media Network - Lucknow

Lucknow, Dec 12: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at multiple locations across Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Gujarat on Friday in connection with a money-laundering probe into an alleged illegal cough syrup trafficking racket in Uttar Pradesh.

The searches, which began around 7:30 am, covered 25 premises in Lucknow, Varanasi, Jaunpur, Saharanpur, as well as in Ranchi and Ahmedabad, officials said. The ED has registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to investigate the illegal manufacture, trade, and transportation of codeine-based cough syrups (CBCS), including suspected cross-border smuggling into Bangladesh.

The raids targeted locations linked to absconding main accused Shubham Jaiswal and his all

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