Overview

• The Madras High Court has granted bail to Jaffer Sadiq, an alleged leader of an international pseudoephedrine trafficking syndicate, and his brother Mohamed Saleem.
• Justice Sundar Mohan cited the Supreme Court’s 2024 Sisodia judgment as precedent in the bail decision.
• Sadiq was arrested in March 2024 by the NCB for allegedly trafficking pseudoephedrine to Australia and New Zealand, with the ED later launching a money laundering probe.
• The Enforcement Directorate alleges that proceeds from the drug trade were laundered through various channels, implicating both Sadiq and Saleem.
• While bail has been granted, the NCB and ED investigations into the alleged drug trafficking and financial crimes remain active.