Overview
- Police carried out night raids in Malda that recovered roughly Rs 2.4–2.5 crore in cash, thousands of banned cough‑syrup bottles and about 20 grams of gold.
- Three people were arrested in the operation and are in police custody for interrogation to identify other network members.
- The action followed leads from the arrest of an alleged smuggler last month and earlier seizures that included 1,500 bottles taken in Dakshin/South Dinajpur in July 2024.
- Investigators found cash in a rented flat and used three currency‑counting machines to tally notes while seizing a laptop, and police say further border‑area searches and forensic tracing of funds are under way.
- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari praised the raid as a blow to an interstate and cross‑border racket at a time when banned cough syrups are known to be trafficked to Bangladesh for use as an intoxicant.