New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and Kerala under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in cases involving suspected laundering of proceeds generated through illicit narcotics trafficking.
In Tamil Nadu, searches were conducted in four cases linked to methamphetamine trafficking and alleged hawala transactions. In the Nisardeen-Kasilingam case, the ED searched premises in Chennai and Ramanathapuram.
Searches in the Syed Ibrahim case followed the seizure of 5.97 kg methamphetamine, Rs 39.38 lakh cash, 586 gm gold and 1 kg silver.
Six locations each were searched in Chennai in the Udaya Kumar case and Nagapattinam and Velankanni in the M Alex case, involving alleged hawala transactions and investments of drug proceeds.
In Karnataka, three locations linked to habitual offender Mruthyunjaya were searched.
Three locations were searched in Telangana in a ganja trafficking case involving Kalapathi Nithu Bai and others, while four premises were searched in Kerala in cases linked to hybrid ganja and MDMA trafficking networks.
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