India, Feb. 5 -- More than 200 website domains are linked to an India-based transnational criminal organisation (TCO), which was operating in the US and is alleged to be behind at least six fatal and four non-fatal overdoses, have been seized, the US drug enforcement administration (DEA) said in a statement on Wednesday.

Investigators found that those running these online pharmacies, along with their associates, were illegally supplying and sending diverted medicines to customers across the United States. The drugs were sold without valid prescriptions and were pushed into a regulated distribution system meant to protect patient safety, the DEA said.

In the press release, DEA administrator Terrance Cole said: "This case demonstrates how...