As the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday carried out multiple raids as part of its money laundering probe into an illegal codeine-based cough syrup racket, one location stood out — the lavish mansion in Lucknow where a dismissed constable lived.

The constable, Alok Pratap Singh, was arrested in Lucknow over a week ago. He is lodged in Lucknow jail and is in police remand for 55 hours.

ED officials arrived at the sprawling residence — spread over nearly 7,000 square feet — in Ahmamau near the Lucknow-Sultanpur highway, under the jurisdiction of Gold City police station, and conducted a search.

Officials were at the house for nearly five hours. While the agency has not officially disclosed what it recovered, sources said the team seized several documents and electronic devices.

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