Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau Busts Major Goa Drug Money Laundering Ring

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Posted by TGANB-Admin on 2025-06-10 08:45:00 |

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The Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGANB) has dismantled a sophisticated interstate drug and money laundering operation based in Goa, seizing a staggering ₹50 lakh cash hidden inside a washing machine. This significant breakthrough, part of a broader crackdown, has led to three arrests and exposed intricate financial links to international drug cartels.

The operation culminated on June 4 when TGANB teams, after three days of relentless surveillance at Mapusa's Sangeetha Mobile Shop and Highland Park Apartments in Goa, raided a residence. Their meticulous observation revealed local agents collecting drug money and its subsequent orchestration by a laundering kingpin for transfer to Nigeria. Officials reported foreign nationals were directly handing over cash to local agents. The ₹50 lakh recovered represented two days' worth of collections and was moments away from being smuggled out of the country to fund overseas drug networks.

Following the raid, the kingpin reportedly resorted to coded WhatsApp messages, using images of ₹5, ₹10, and ₹20 notes to signal transaction amounts, a method used by agents for payouts.

Further investigations into the bank accounts of a recently arrested key accused, Max, unveiled over 150 suspicious transactions, totaling approximately 10 crore Nigerian Naira in commission payments to his family over the past year. This crucial evidence has put numerous suspected drug peddlers and locations under surveillance, resulting in more arrests.

TGANB confirmed concrete evidence of at least 50 Nigerian nationals operating from Goa, with 58 transactions amounting to ₹2.1 crore identified between May 26 and June 3, 2025. A parallel probe uncovered a hawala network, managed by Uttam Singh, which alone laundered ₹50 lakh in drug money within three days. Uttam Singh, Raju Singh, and Mahendar Prajapathy alias Bobi have been apprehended in connection with this widespread criminal enterprise.

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