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“The Enforcement Directorate (ED) connected Monday (June 8, 2026) conducted searches astatine aggregate locations successful Mizoram, Tripura and West Bengal arsenic portion of a ₹142 crore drugs trafficking-linked money-laundering investigation,” officials said.
They said the premises that were raided are located adjacent to the India-Myanmar International Border (in Mizoram) and the India-Bangladesh planetary beforehand (in Tripura).
“The ED lawsuit registered nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) stems from a ailment of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) successful an lawsuit related to seizure of 49.10 kg methamphetamine and 40 gm heroin connected August 21, 2025 successful Tripura,” they said.
It is alleged that an organised cross-border syndicate was sourcing methamphetamine from Myanmar via the Champhai/Zokhawthar assemblage of Mizoram for transportation to receivers successful Tripura.
Proceeds of transgression worthy ₹142 crore were layered done aggregate slope accounts and ammunition entities, the ED's preliminary probe has found.
