Indian Companies Charged with Importing Fentanyl Chemicals into U.S.

A pair of Indian pharmaceutical companies have been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with smuggling chemicals used to make fentanyl into the U.S. and Mexico.

According to prosecutors, Raxuter Chemicals founder Bhavesh Lathiya discussed the sale of fentanyl precursor chemicals on a video call with an undercover Homeland Security officer in October 2024. A month later, the company …