Digital Goa, Jan 18 – Directorate of Enforcement (ED) shared additional details of the search operations conducted by ED Panaji Zonal Office, at 26 premises across Goa, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha and Delhi in connection with an international narcotics trafficking and money laundering case involving Madhupan SS under the Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA)Act. The searches were carried out pursuant to the ECIR registered by the ED on the basis of an FIR registered by the Anti-Narcotics Cell, Goa Police, under the provisions of the NDPS Act for trafficking of narcotic substances in commercial quantities. During the searches, the ED seized incriminating documents, digital devices and cash amounting to about ₹3 crore. Investigations revealed a well-organised inter-state drug trafficking syndicate involved in large-scale supply of narcotics and laundering of proceeds through bank transfers, UPI, cryptocurrency and cash, informed ED. Madhupan SS has been arrested under the PMLA, and the Special PMLA Court in Goa has remanded the accused to ED custody for seven days. Further investigation in the matter is ongoing to identify all beneficiaries and facilitators and to trace assets generated from the illicit activities, ED added.
