India, Dec. 19 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) confiscated cash amounting to Rs.4.62 crore, 6kg of gold bullion and 313kg of silver after raiding 13 locations in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi on Thursday as part of an ongoing money-laundering investigation linked to illegal immigration of Indians to the US through the "donkey route", officials said on Friday.

The ED investigation stems from 19 FIRs registered by the Punjab and Haryana Police in connection with the deportation of 330 Indian nationals on board military cargo planes in February 2025 by the US government. These people were found to be living illegally in the US. The Jalandhar-based regional headquarters of the federal agency is probing money-laundering in connection with the...