Guwahati, June 9 -- Reported by Roopak Goswami

Guwahati: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has unearthed a suspected Rs 142-crore money laundering network linked to cross-border drug trafficking from Myanmar, carrying out raids across Tripura, Mizoram and West Bengal as part of an ongoing investigation.

The searches, conducted on June 8 by the ED's Aizawl Sub-Zonal Office under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), are tied to a major narcotics case in which the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 49.1 kg of methamphetamine tablets and heroin in Mizoram and arrested eight persons.

According to the ED, investigations have revealed a well-organised interstate and transnational syndicate that allegedly smuggled methamphetamine f...