ED team from Chennai arrests Jaffer Sadiq in Tihar jail

CHENNAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths from Chennai zonal office arrested AR Jaffer Sadiq in the Tihar Central Prison, New Delhi, where he has been lodged after being arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for smuggling pseudoephedrine to Australia and New Zealand.

The ED registered a separate case to probe the drug smuggling case in a money laundering angle.

ED officers met Jaffer Sadiq and informed him about the arrest. His brother, Saleem, was intimated of Sadiq's arrest.

The NCB raised a godown in Delhi in February and arrested three people in possession of 50 kg pseudoephedrine. Investigations revealed that they were operating at the behest of Chennai-based Jaffer Sadiq and were smuggling the controlled substance to Australia and New Zealand in the guise of exporting health mix.

Sadiq, who is a former DMK functionary, was arrested in March. His aide Sadanandam was also arrested.

Later, the ED registered a case to probe money laundering angle since Sadiq and Sadanandam had already involved in a hawala racket and were booked by the customs.



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