Agartala, April 01, 2026: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Agartala Sub Zonal Office, has filed three Prosecution Complaints under Sections 44 and 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before the Special Court (PMLA), West Tripura, naming 14 accused persons.

The agency has frozen, seized, or provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth approximately ₹6.85 crore, identified as proceeds of crime. All three cases arise from offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), 1985, linked to systematic drug trafficking in Tripura.

Based on an FIR at Jirania Police Station, West Tripura, against Litan Saha and others, ED found Saha used his logistics firm, M/s Swastik Roadways, to transport 9,590 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup (Eskuf). Proceeds were laundered through multiple bank accounts under the guise of transport operations.

Following FIRs in Panisagar and Khowai, Tripura Police seized 1,352 kg of cannabis and 14,400 bottles of Phensedyl. ED’s probe revealed Debabrata Dey and Apu Ranjan Das ran an inter-state trafficking network, with police officer Dhruba Majumder allegedly investing illicit gains in properties registered under his wife’s name.

Multiple FIRs between 2020 and 2025 led to charges against Bishu Kumar Tripura, identified as the prime organizer of a large-scale cannabis trafficking racket since 2015. Alongside Kamini Debbarma, he admitted laundering proceeds via mule accounts, hawala channels, investments in a brick industry, and property acquisitions. Associate Bikash Debbarma also confessed to routing illicit funds through his accounts.

The ED stated that the prosecutions highlight the nexus between organized drug trafficking and money laundering in Tripura, with assets amassed through criminal activities now under attachment.