The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on August 5, conducted a search operation in Tamil Nadu in connection with the illegal drugs and arms trade in India and Sri Lanka case, reports Times Now. The counter-terror agency carried out raids at the residence of one suspect in Chengalpattu District in the case pertaining to activities of a Sri Lankan drug mafia. NIA said that the mafia is controlled by Gunashekharan and Pushparajah Khann who in association with Haji Salim, a drug and arms supplier based in Pakistan, have been operating in India and Sri Lanka in illegal drugs and arms trade for the revival of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in India and Sri Lanka. The NIA registered the case suo-motu on 8 July 2022. The agency said that it had seized digital devices and incriminating documents during the search.