According to intelligence sources, since early Friday morning around 6 am, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted large searches throughout Tripura in unison, targeting people and organizations accused of financial malfeasance and ties to drug trafficking networks. Numerous sites, including Agartala and the surrounding districts, are the targets of the well-organized and planned raids, particularly the homes and workplaces of the drug kingpins, primarily those involved in the trafficking of ganja and yaba. Sources claim that they are the principal players who operate the rackets from behind and have so far escaped punishment—not the couriers.
This is the first time that such raids against the drug kingpins are being carried out in Tripura, despite the fact that the state has emerged as a major producer of ganja and a conduit for synthetic substances like yaba. As part of the operation, the homes of Dhruba Majumder, Litan Saha, Kamini Debbarma, Tapas Debnath, Debbrata Dey, Bishu Tripura, and Apu Ranjan Das were searched. 250 members of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) assisted the ED in its operations. According to the sources, initial inquiries also turned up evidence of widespread illicit financial operations, including questionable activity in multiple bank accounts connected to overseas transactions.
