Bargarh: In a major crackdown on spurious cough syrups and arms trafficking, police busted an inter-state racket operating in Odisha’s Bargarh district and arrested 15 people.

Acting on intelligence inputs about transportation and sale of banned cough syrup and firearms, seven police teams, including personnel from the district’s Special Squad, conducted simultaneous raids across multiple locations. ADVERTISEMENT

During the raids, police seized 1,500 bottles of Eskuf cough syrup (100 ml each), five country-made pistols with magazines, 20 live ammunition, three empty cartridge cases, 16 mobile phones, five four-wheelers, and Rs 57,200 in cash, police said.

Altogether 15 people, including three from Chhattisgarh, were arrested during the special operation conducted on Monday.

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