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ED cracks down on Burmese areca nut smugglers in Assam; money trail leads to trader in Delhi
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The Hindu Bureau
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The Enforcement Directorate has conducted raids across Assam and Mizoram targeting an organized network involved in smuggling Burmese areca nuts. The investigation, linked to a money laundering case, uncovered fraudulent e-way bills and forged documents used to facilitate the illegal trade.
The Enforcement Directorate raided 10 residential and business premises linked with eight people allegedly involved in the smuggling of areca nuts from Myanmar. The money trail of the alleged smugglers in Mizoram and Assam was traced to traders in New Delhi, the agency said on Thursday (August 6, 2026).
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