The National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s investigation into a recovery in the high seas off the Kerala coast confirmed that the Pakistan-based Haji Salim drug cartel has operatives in Kerala, onmanorama.com reports on December 23. The NIA further said that the sleeper cells of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are being used for the smuggling of drugs. It is revealed to the NIA that the Haji Salim network is providing funds for reviving the LTTE’s activities in India and Sri Lanka. The money is being paid as return for transporting drugs and arms. Also, he informed that the drug mafia is using persons from Iran for the activity.