chennai:

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted raids in various cities in Tamil Nadu as part of its probe into money laundering related to drug trafficking against former DMK officer Jaffer Sadiq and others, officials said .

They said that Enforcement Directorate officials, escorted by central paramilitary forces, were conducting raids at as many as 25 establishments in the state capital Chennai, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). search.

Sadiq, who is also the office premises of Tamil film producer, film director Aamir and a few others, is being covered, they said.

Sadiq, 36, was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) last month for allegedly smuggling about 3,500 kilograms of pseudoephedrine with a market value of over Rs 2,000 crore.

The Enforcement Directorate took notice of this NCB case and several other FIRs and filed a money laundering case against Sadiq and others.

The NCB said Sadiq’s links with Tamil and Hindi film funders, some “prominent personalities” and some instances of “political patronage” were being investigated.

Sadiq was expelled from the ruling DMK in February after the NCB mentioned his name and alleged links with drug networks.