🚨 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out large-scale search operations at 26 locations across seven states, including Goa, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, and Delhi, in connection with a major international narcotics trafficking and money laundering case.
The action, registered under PMLA, 2002 (ECIR/PJZO/02/2025 – Madhupan Suresh Sasikala & Others), stems from an FIR filed by the Goa Police Anti-Narcotics Cell under the NDPS Act, 1985, involving commercial-scale drug trafficking.
🔍 Inter-State Drug Network Exposed
According to ED officials, the raids revealed a well-organised inter-state drug syndicate operating on a business-to-business (B2B) model, supplying narcotics across Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and Kerala.
💰 Seizures & Digital Evidence
During the searches, authorities seized:
▪️ Cash
▪️ Narcotics, including Charas
▪️ Contraband materials
▪️ Incriminating documents
▪️ Mobile phones and digital storage devices
🧩 Crypto Used to Launder Proceeds
Forensic analysis of seized digital devices revealed that proceeds of crime were laundered through multiple channels, including:
🔹 UPI and bank transfers
🔹 Cash movements
🔹 Cryptocurrency transactions
🔹 Complex financial layering to obscure fund origins
📦 Courier Routes & Wider Links
Investigators also uncovered the use of courier networks for drug transportation and identified multiple associates actively involved in both distribution and money laundering operations.
🤝 Coordinated Enforcement Action
The ED confirmed that intelligence gathered during the raids is being shared with other law enforcement agencies to enable coordinated action against the wider network.
⚖️ Crackdown on Financial Channels
The Directorate reiterated its focus on disrupting financial pipelines, including crypto-based laundering mechanisms, increasingly used by organised drug syndicates to move and hide illicit funds.
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