Ex-DMK worker Jaffer Sadiq trafficked drugs to Australia, New Zealand: ED
8 months, 1 week ago

Ex-DMK worker Jaffer Sadiq trafficked drugs to Australia, New Zealand: ED

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has gathered evidence of money laundering of over Rs 70 crore by alleged Tamil Nadu film producer Jaffer Sadiq. The ED’s Chennai unit had carried out searches on April 9, 2024, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act at various locations linked to Jaffer Sadiq and others across Chennai, Madurai, and Tiruchirappalli. The Enforcement Directorate's investigation was grounded on inquiries initiated by the Customs Department and Narcotics Control Bureau, Delhi, into cross-border illegal trade of narcotic substances by Jaffer Sadiq and his accomplices. Additionally, more than Rs 21 Crore cash deposits were observed in bank accounts controlled by entities linked to Jaffer Sadiq.

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Cops seize Rs 47 lakh, cryptocurrency worth Rs 1.36 crore
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Cops seize Rs 47 lakh, cryptocurrency worth Rs 1.36 crore

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Directorate of Enforcement conducted raids between November 28 and 30 across 13 locations, including Hyderabad, and seized unaccounted cash worth Rs 47 lakh and USDT cryptocurrency worth Rs 1.36 crore. The investigation was initiated on two FIRs registered by CBI, Economic Offences Wing, Delhi, concerning Rs 640 crore in cyber fraud money generated through betting, gambling, part time …

How Jaffer Sadiq used films to turn drug money kosher
1 month, 1 week ago

How Jaffer Sadiq used films to turn drug money kosher

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: About eight years after Jaffer Sadiq’s alleged involvement in drug trade came to light, the expelled DMK leader in 2021 pivoted his business empire from metal scrap, fish trade and hospitality towards the Tamil film industry, where he pumped in at least Rs 10 crore, investigations by Enforcement Directorate has found. ED’s probe shows that Sadiq started JSM Pictures, …

Kolkata: Drug trafficker wanted for smuggling 15k cough syrup bottles nabbed by NCB
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1 month, 1 week ago

Kolkata: Drug trafficker wanted for smuggling 15k cough syrup bottles nabbed by NCB

Hindustan Times  

The Narcotics Control Bureau Kolkata arrested a notorious drug trafficker with a history of gold smuggling wanted in a seizure of a huge quantity of bottles of Codeine Based Cough Syrups, officials said on Saturday. The man was wanted for smuggling Codeine-Based Cough Syrup As per a release, in one of the most challenging anti-drug operations regarding interception of illicit …

Sadiq recruited drivers to run drug cartel overseas: ED
1 month, 1 week ago

Sadiq recruited drivers to run drug cartel overseas: ED

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Jaffer Sadiq, the alleged kingpin in the multi-crore drug trafficking case, has actively scouted individuals with international road permits and stationed them in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Dubai, and Malaysia to work as drivers and clandestinely handle his drug trade there, the ED investigation has found. ED found that Sadiq tried to send three men, two from …

Tamil Nadu Today | Jaffer Sadiq’s assets attached by ED
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu Today | Jaffer Sadiq’s assets attached by ED

The Hindu  

ED attaches Jaffer Sadiq’s properties The Directorate of Enforcement, Chennai has provisionally attached assets worth ₹55.3 crore belonging to Jaffer Sadiq and his associates under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The action follows an investigation into Jaffer Sadiq Abdul Rehman, a former DMK functionary and alleged leader of a drug cartel smuggling pseudoephedrine and ketamine. Madras …

₹2,000-crore ‘scam’: Ex-minister Ashu in judicial custody
4 months, 1 week ago

₹2,000-crore ‘scam’: Ex-minister Ashu in judicial custody

Hindustan Times  

The additional sessions court here on Monday sent former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu to judicial custody in connection with an alleged ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. Bharat Bhushan Ashu Ashu, who was arrested by the ED on August 1, had been in the central agency’s custody since August 2. In August last …

Jaffer Sadiq remanded in judicial custody; ED seeks custody for 14 days to unearth money trail
5 months, 1 week ago

Jaffer Sadiq remanded in judicial custody; ED seeks custody for 14 days to unearth money trail

The Hindu  

The Principal Sessions Court on Monday remanded Jaffer Sadiq, an expelled DMK functionary and film producer, in judicial custody till July 29 in a money laundering case registered against him by Enforcement Directorate. Sadiq is an alleged mastermind behind a drug syndicate that sent 45 consignments over the past three years to countries, including Australia and New Zealand, containing approximately …

Punjab Police bust international drug syndicate
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Punjab Police bust international drug syndicate

The Hindu  

The Punjab Police on April 29 said they had busted an international drug syndicate with the arrest of three of its members, after recovering 48 kg of heroin and ₹21 lakh drug money from their possession, making this the biggest heroin seizure so far in 2024. Punjab’s Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said the arrested have been identified as …

ED raids multiple locations in Tamil Nadu linked to film producer and ex-DMK leader Jaffer Sadiq in drugs case
8 months, 2 weeks ago

ED raids multiple locations in Tamil Nadu linked to film producer and ex-DMK leader Jaffer Sadiq in drugs case

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided multiple locations in Tamil Nadu including Chennai as part of an investigation into a drug-related money laundering case involving former DMK member Jaffer Sadiq and others, sources have informed. The NCB has said Sadiq's links with Tamil and Hindi film financiers, some "high-profile" people and some instances of "political funding" were under its scanner. …

Watch | Drugs, money trail and politics: The Jaffer Sadiq case
9 months, 1 week ago

Watch | Drugs, money trail and politics: The Jaffer Sadiq case

The Hindu  

A month ago, if someone mentioned the name Jaffer Sadiq, not many even in Tamil Nadu, would have been able to relate to him. Some months ago, the Narcotics Control Board in Delhi, said it received a tip off from the New Zealand customs and Australian police about large shipments of pseudoephedrine being sent to those countries in the cover …

Will file case against those who link Jaffer Sadiq's arrest to party leaders: DMK
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Will file case against those who link Jaffer Sadiq's arrest to party leaders: DMK

India Today  

Tamil Nadu’s ruling party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alleged on Sunday that attempts are being made to malign the party over the arrest of its former leader Jaffer Sadiq in a Rs 2000-crore drug racket case. He also claimed that Jaffer Sadiq was arrested in 2013 but alleged that the AIADMK Government didn’t investigate the case properly, and as a BJP …

NCB arrests former DMK leader Jaffer Sadiq, mastermind of Rs 2,000 Crore international drug racket
9 months, 2 weeks ago

NCB arrests former DMK leader Jaffer Sadiq, mastermind of Rs 2,000 Crore international drug racket

Op India  

On Saturday, the Narcotics Control Board along with the Delhi Police Special Cell arrested absconding Tamil film producer Jaffer Sadiq. Former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam functionary and film producer Sadiq is the accused mastermind of a Rs 2000 Crore international drug racket which the agency busted last month. Singh said, “He is the kingpin of the India-Australia-New Zealand drug trafficking network, …

Tamil film producer linked to Rs 2,000-crore drug racket arrested
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil film producer linked to Rs 2,000-crore drug racket arrested

India Today  

Tamil film producer Jaffar Sadiq, allegedly linked to a Rs 2,000-crore drugs bust, was arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell and Narcotics Control Board on Saturday. NCB said it is believed that Sadiq was operating a drug syndicate which sent 45 consignments over the past three years to various countries, containing approximately 3,500 kg of pseudoephedrine. NCB further claimed that …

Gave Rs 7 lakh to Stalin junior, claims ex-DMK worker arrested in drugs case: Sources
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gave Rs 7 lakh to Stalin junior, claims ex-DMK worker arrested in drugs case: Sources

India Today  

Tamil film producer, Jaffar Sadiq, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau on Saturday, told the probe agency that he gave Rs 7 lakh to DMK minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, sources told India Today TV. The NCB is reportedly probing whether the money Jaffar Sadiq gave to Udhayanidhi Stalin was money he received as proceeds of the drug trafficking he …

Jaffer Sadiq drug case: NCB arrests expelled DMK functionary
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Jaffer Sadiq drug case: NCB arrests expelled DMK functionary

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Narcotics Control Bureau on Saturday said that it has arrested a former DMK functionary, Jaffer Sadiq, who is being tipped to be the kingpin of the international drug trafficking network, which the agency had busted last month. The anti-drug agency in collaboration with the Special Cell of the Delhi Police arrested Sadiq, an expelled DMK party functionary …

ED files money laundering case against ex-NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede
10 months, 2 weeks ago

ED files money laundering case against ex-NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede taking cognisance of a CBI FIR in an alleged ₹25-crore bribe demand from superstar Shah Rukh Khan's family to spare his son in a drugs case, official sources said Saturday, February 10, 2024. Wankhede, a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service officer of the Customs …

Probe agency finds Rs 22 lakh cash, valuables at house of Senthil Balaji's driver
1 year, 4 months ago

Probe agency finds Rs 22 lakh cash, valuables at house of Senthil Balaji's driver

India Today  

Unaccounted valuables worth more than Rs 16 lakh and Rs 22 lakh in cash were allegedly recovered from the premises of a driver after fresh searches were conducted against Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji and others in connection with a money laundering probe, the Enforcement Directorate said on Saturday. The ED said it undertook the fresh raids after it …

Biggest drug haul: Kerala court grants custody of Pakistani national to NCB | DETAILS
1 year, 7 months ago

Biggest drug haul: Kerala court grants custody of Pakistani national to NCB | DETAILS

India TV News  

Biggest drug haul: Days after the seizure of over 2,500 kilograms of methamphetamine from a vessel in Indian waters off the port city, a court here on Tuesday granted the Narcotics Control Bureau 14-day custody of the Pakistani national, arrested in connection to the biggest drug haul. Commercial prize of 2500kg of Methamphetamine is close to Rs 25,000 crore Two …

Jahangirpuri violence: ED registers money laundering case against accused
2 years, 8 months ago

Jahangirpuri violence: ED registers money laundering case against accused

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against various suspects of the recent Jahangirpuri violence case including prime accused Mohammed Ansar, officials said on Saturday. An Enforcement Case Information Report, the ED's equivalent of a police FIR, has been filed by the federal agency under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Clashes …

Month After Mundra Port Raids, NCB Now Recovers Drugs Worth Crores, Hidden in Lehenga From Bengaluru
3 years, 2 months ago

Month After Mundra Port Raids, NCB Now Recovers Drugs Worth Crores, Hidden in Lehenga From Bengaluru

News 18  

In a major operation, the Narcotics Control Bureau seized 3-kg drugs worth crores in Bengaluru. Earlier, a special court on Monday granted the National Investigation Agency 10-day remand of three persons initially arrested in a case related to the seizure of 2,988 kg of heroin at Gujarat’s Mundra Port last month. The court of special judge P C Joshi remanded …

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