4 More Arrests In India-Myanmar Drug Racket Probe, 991 Bank Accounts Frozen
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested four individuals and frozen nearly 1,000 bank accounts linked to a drug trafficking and hawala network operating between India and Myanmar. Investigators uncovered evidence of large-scale financial transactions and cross-border currency exchanges involving narcotics proceeds.
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This investigation highlights the intersection of international drug smuggling and money laundering, posing significant challenges to regional financial security and law enforcement.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested four more persons in connection with an alleged drug trafficking and hawala network operating between India and Myanmar, with the total number of arrests rising to 10. The agency has also frozen 991 bank accounts suspected to have been used in the network.The four accused were arrested by the ED's Aizawl Sub-Zonal Office under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). All of them were already lodged in Aizawl Central Jail in connection with cases registered by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).They have been identified as Lalrammuana, Thangcintuang alias Chintuang, Jabrul Haque and Abu Saleh Md Saif Uddin, and have been remanded to 48 hours of ED custody.
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