Hyderabad: In a major crackdown, the Telangana Anti-Drug Service (TGANB) police arrested three Nigerian nationals for participating in a sophisticated money laundering operation related to drug sales in India and abroad. The arrests were part of an investigation into illegal transfers obtained from drug trafficking, and authorities seized drugs worth rupees. 12.5 million from the defendant.
The arrest was found laundering money using the dark web and forex currency agents, transferring funds earned through drug sales to evading law enforcement.
According to police, the gang not only sells drugs in India, but also targets young women in the United States, putting them into a drug abuse cycle and using proceeds to remit money back to India. The cash was then illegally spread from India to their native Nigeria through a secret network.
