Tripura: ED Launches Massive Raids, Targets Drug Kingpins and Financial Misconduct

AGARTALA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched massive raids across Tripura simultaneously since early Friday morning at 6 am, targeting individuals and organizations suspected of involvement in financial misconduct and connections to drug trafficking networks, according to intelligence sources.

The coordinated and well-planned raids are being conducted at multiple locations, including Agartala and its surrounding areas, especially the residences and offices of the drug kingpins—mostly those who deal with Ganja and Yaba. According to sources, they are the key persons, not the couriers, who run the rackets from behind and so far have remained untouched.

Though Tripura became the most important producer of Ganja and a corridor for synthetic drugs like Yaba, this is the first time in Tripura that such raids against the drug kingpins are being conducted.

The residences of Apu Ranjan Das, Debbrata Dey, Bishu Tripura, Kamini Debbarma, Tapas Debnath, Dhruba Majumder, and Litan Saha were searched as part of the operation. The ED's efforts were supported by 250 personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

The source further claimed that preliminary investigations revealed evidence of large-scale illegal financial transactions, including suspicious activity in several bank accounts with links to foreign transactions, the sources said. 

“Details of the recoveries, including the amount of money or documents seized, remain unclear. However, sources suggest the findings could be substantial. The operations are being closely overseen by the ED,” added the source.

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