New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): The U.S. Embassy in India has lauded India’s cooperation in disrupting key elements of a network allegedly involved in transporting illegal drugs to the United States, as the Trump administration intensifies efforts to curb drug trafficking.
In a post on X, the U.S. Embassy in India said, “The United States deeply appreciates our partnership with Indian law enforcement, which was instrumental in disrupting key elements of this criminal network distributing precursor chemicals to cartels that manufacture and traffic illegal drugs into the United States.”
The statement said that the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on April 23 designated Satishkumar Hareshbhai Sutaria for assisting in the production of illicit fentanyl.
“Today, OFAC designated Satishkumar Hareshbhai Sutaria (Sutaria), an India-based pharmaceutical chemicals supplier trading in fentanyl precursors for use in the production of illicit fentanyl. With salesperson Yuktakumari Ashishkumar Modi (Modi), Sutaria facilitated sales and shipments of these precursors to Mexico and Guatemala, including N-Boc-4-Piperidone, and mislabeled them as ‘safe chemicals,’” the statement read.
It further said that Sutaria’s associate, Yuktakumari Ashishkumar Modi, used Indian pharmaceutical companies for transactions and was arrested by Indian authorities.
“Sutaria and Modi used SR Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals (SR Chemicals) and Agrat Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals (Agrat Chemicals), both India-based pharmaceutical chemical companies, to conduct these transactions. Sutaria and Modi were arrested in March 2025 by Indian authorities for this activity,” the statement said.
“OFAC designated Sutaria, Modi, SR Chemicals, and Agrat Chemicals pursuant to Executive Order 14059 for engaging in, or attempting to engage in, activities or transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a significant risk of contributing to, the international proliferation of illicit drugs or their means of production,” the statement added.
All property and interests in property of the designated individuals or entities within the United States are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also subject to blocking, the statement said.
Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC, or exempt, the agency’s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by U.S. persons, or within or transiting the United States, that involve any property or interests in property of blocked persons. (ANI)
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