The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched a thrilling hunt against a powerful cross-border drug racket! Methamphetamine's key chemical ingredients were smuggled from India to Myanmar, turned into drugs there, and then snuck back into India, mainly through Mizoram. The ED also caught Myanmar nationals tricking India’s Goods and Services Tax system using Indian credentials to buy raw materials for these illegal drugs. On Thursday, the ED swooped down with raids across several spots – Aizawl and Champhai in Mizoram, Sribhumi in Assam's Karimganj, and Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Their haul? A whopping ₹46.7 lakh in cash, digital gadgets, account books tied to the smuggling gang, plus freezing 21 bank accounts holding dirty money. This action started after Mizoram Police found 4.724 kg of heroin worth over ₹1.41 crore with six men. Nine accused have already been arrested. The ED revealed, “From the financial analysis of the arrested persons and intelligence gathered, financial linkages between Mizoram and Gujarat based firms were established. Gujarat-based firms Krishiv Enterprises supplied pseudoephedrine tablets... caffeine anhydrous [pre-precursor used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine tablets] worth ₹4.54 crore in 2024-25 to firms based in Mizoram.” Some Mizoram firms are closely tied with suspects Henry Lalbiakzinga, Laltluangzela, and Benjamin Lalawmpuai. The smuggling and hawala money flow ran through 'habitual offenders' like Abu Saleh Saif Uddin of Assam, and Zodinthara and Lalrampari from Champhai, Mizoram. The ED added, “Financial linkages of the Mizoram-based firms viz Bill Enterprises, RK Two Sisters Store, LH Pharmacy, and KC Pharmacy, have also been found with Kolkata-based shell entities, including Mahasin Tradecom, managed by Mohd. Zafar who is linked with Abu Saleh Saif Uddin.” The story thickens along the porous Indo-Myanmar border where precursors travel from India to Myanmar, drugs are made, and finished illegal goods cross back, mainly through Mizoram. Huge cash credits appeared in the accounts of the narco hawala operators, including ₹11 crore in West Bengal for Abu Saleh Saif Uddin and ₹52.8 crore scattered across Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, West Bengal, Tripura, and Delhi for Lalrampari. The ED also exposed how Indians helped Myanmar nationals by buying pseudoephedrine tablets and caffeine anhydrous, aiding this multi-state money laundering. The agency underlined, “This scheme supports the supply chain of narcotics manufacturing, particularly affecting the Indo-Myanmar border regions like Mizoram, with financial and smuggling links spanning multiple Indian States and money laundering through these activities.” The crackdown is a big win against this dangerous crime network, shining light on the dark, tangled web of drugs and cash that binds parts of Northeast India and beyond.