Agartala, April 1 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed at least three Prosecution Complaints (PCs) under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, to combat narcotics smuggling and money laundering in the state, which were submitted to the Special Court (PMLA) in West Tripura, naming 14 individuals as accused.
As part of this effort, the ED has either frozen, seized, or provisionally attached movable and immovable assets of around Rs 6.85 crore, identified as proceeds of crime.
All the cases are linked to offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), 1985, involving large-scale drug trafficking and subsequent laundering of illicit earnings.
The first case stems from an FIR registered at Jir...