Dehradun, Uttarakhand The ED's Dehradun unit arrested Banmeet Singh, a resident of Haldwani in Uttarakhand, on May 29 under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the agency said on Friday. Banmeet was produced before a special court in Dehradun, where the accused was detained for seven days keeping in mind the socio-economic impact of drug money proceeds and the large-scale involvement of cryptocurrency. The ED investigation was prompted by a demand for mutual legal assistance (MLA) from the US authorities, involving a unique case. The provision under Section 2(RA) of PMLA 2002, alludes to cross-border offences. Scheduled offenses correspond to violations under the NDPS Act.Brothers named Banmeet Singh and Parvinder Singh, along with others, Singh was operating an international drug trafficking group called DTO (Drug Trafficking Organisation), the ED said in a statement, adding: "They used vendor marketing sites on the dark web. advertising on numerous free explicit web websites, and a network of narcotics and controlled-substance distributors and distribution cells to sell drugs in the United States, Britain, and other European countries," the federal agency The Singh Organization said was involved in sales on the dark web. The ED further said that both the brothers used the alias "Liston" in several dark V markets including Silk Road 1, Alpha Bay and Hansa. According to the information, ED said the Singh brothers received at least 8,08 Bitcoins associated with the alias 'Liston', which is nothing but the proceeds of crime through the sale of drugs in various countries. Banmeet Singh has handed over 3,838 Bitcoins to US authorities, which is equivalent to Rs 2,000 crore. In the present case, searches were conducted at several places belonging to the Singh brothers on April 26 earlier this year; After this, Parvinder Singh was arrested under PMLA on 27 April. Following the arrest of Parvinder Singh, another search was conducted at the residence of the Singh brothers in Haldwani on May 1 and 268.2 bitcoins worth Rs 130 crore were seized at the behest of Parvinder Singh.At present Parvinder Singh is in judicial custody and lodged in Suddhowal jail of Dehradun.