KOCHI: The NIA and ED have started a preliminary investigation into the alleged involvement of terrorist groups and black money transactions behind the smuggling of luxury vehicles from Bhutan. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) will investigate the financial transactions in the vehicle smuggling, and the Central GST Commissionerate will investigate the GST evasion. The state police and the Motor Vehicles Department are examining the transactions.

The ED is investigating money laundering, while the NIA is investigating terrorist groups. In the inspection conducted by the Customs the other day under the name of 'Operation Numkhor', it was found that crimes affecting national security were being committed under the guise of vehicle smuggling. The intervention of central agencies

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