The Enforcement Directorate revealed that narcotics like heroin and methamphetamine are moved across the Tiau river into Mizoram before being trafficked across India. To compensate foreign cartels, domestic hawala networks in Aizawl and Champhai use drug money to purchase everyday supplies such as fuel, food, and medicines backed by legitimate GST invoices. A week-long crackdown across 38 northeastern locations exposed goods transactions exceeding Rs 270 crore. Authorities have already frozen over 1,400 mule bank accounts linked to procuring traders as the inquiry continues.
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Smugglers eliminate cross-border financial trails by compensating foreign drug suppliers…: Smugglers eliminate cross-border financial trails by compensating foreign drug suppliers with legitimate domestic commodity shipments.
Drug proceeds from major cities like Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai are laundered through reg…: Drug proceeds from major cities like Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai are laundered through regional hawala networks in Mizoram.
Authorities are actively working to dismantle the domestic banking infrastructure and loc…: Authorities are actively working to dismantle the domestic banking infrastructure and locate additional cross-border intermediaries.
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Cash doesn't cross Myanmar border, payments made in kind: ED
NEW DELHI: International illicit drug syndicates operating out of the Golden Triangle of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos have turned to age-old barter trade, under which drugs like heroin and methamphetamine are smuggled into India through the porous borders of Northeastern states and payments are made in kind through supplies of petrol, diesel, flour, edible oil, groceries, medicines, footwear and clothing from their Indian network.Drug lords across border ensure transactions are made without any money actually crossing border, according to an investigation report compiled by the ED after week-long searches at 38 locations across the Northeast last week.Myanmar has already replaced Afghanistan as world's largest illicit opium-producing region. With precursor chemicals moved from India to Myanmar, where drug manufacturing units are located, finished heroin, brown sugar and synthetic drug methamphetamine tablets are produced and carried across the Tiau river at Zokhawthar, the border crossing opposite Khawmawi in Myanmar. Consignments are staged at Champhai, from where they travel down the Champhai-Aizawl road and NH-06A to Aizawl, Vairengte and then to Assam and…
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