Raebareli, Dec. 20 -- Raebareli police have arrested a man for his involvement in the illegal trafficking of codeine-based cough syrup. Acting on a complaint from the Drug Inspector, officials caught Priyanshu Gautam and sent him to judicial custody on Thursday. Earlier, in a similar case, Divakar Singh, who owned Ajay Pharma, was also arrested for supplying the cough syrup.

"In response, a case number 335/25 was registered," Assistant Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Kumar Sinha said. "Previously, a similar case had been filed in the Mill Area, where Divakar Singh was jailed for the same offence. Today, Priyanshu Gautam was arrested and is being sent to judicial custody.", he added.

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