Burdwan, Jan. 20 :    Burdwan, Jan. 20:  Police officials are leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to check the manufacture of fake medicines that have flooded the district headquarters. Spurious drugs have swamped medicine shops in Burdwan, especially in the rural areas. Though the racket has been going on for some time, police failed to trace the culprits. The district administration woke up only when a child fell ill after consuming spurious drugs here last week. District police then raided medicine shops in the area and recovered huge quantities of fake medicines. It has been learnt that the miscreants used to imitate popular drugs such as polybion, hemfer, dexorange and various cough syrups. 'They used to sell medicines after making a few spelling changes. The designs of the labels and the packaging were also done so carefully that they were almost impossible to differentiate from the original. We have started combing operations at various places and the miscreants will be arrested soon,' said a senior district police officer investigating the case.