India, July 11 -- Two days after raiding 11 locations in Punjab and Haryana in connection with illegal human trafficking to the United States, the Enforcement Directorate on Friday said that it had seized 30 original passports and collected evidence of hawala (illegal) money transactions.

The raids were conducted in Amritsar, Sangrur, Patiala and Moga cities of Punjab besides Ambala, Kurukshetra and Karnal in Haryana as part of the investigation into money laundering linked to the 'donkey route' - a network facilitating illegal immigration to the US.

ED raids are underway at seven locations in Punjab's Mansa districts besides Kurukshetra and Karnal on Friday. An official said the searches were based on inputs gathered during the search ...