Jalandhar, Dec. 11 -- The Enforcement Directorate, Jalandhar, has arrested a pharmaceutical businessman for allegedly acquiring proceeds of crime worth Rs.3.75 crore through illegal sale of psychotropic tablets.

The accused, identified as Abhishek Kumar, has been apprehended under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

He was produced before the special PMLA court in Mohali and sent to six-day ED custody.

The directorate had initiated investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by Punjab Police under various sections of the NDPS Act relating to the large-scale inter-state trafficking of psychotropic tablets and capsules, particularly tramadol and alprazolam.

Thereafter, a search action was conducted at 16...