ED's Major Crackdown on Inter-State Drug Trafficking in India

The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids across seven states as part of a drug trafficking-related money laundering investigation. The operation resulted in the seizure of cash and drugs. The probe, linked to a Goa Police FIR, exposed a significant inter-state drug syndicate operating via a business-to-business model.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) executed a series of raids on Friday in a wide-scale operation targeting a drug trafficking-linked money laundering case in Goa.

Sources revealed that about 26 locations across Goa, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Delhi, and Kerala were searched by the federal probe agency, functioning under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The searches resulted in the seizure of approximately Rs 1 crore in cash and a quantity of drugs, aligning with an ongoing FIR investigation launched by Goa Police's anti-narcotics cell. Authorities uncovered a sophisticated inter-state drug trafficking syndicate utilizing a business-to-business model.

(With inputs from agencies.)