- By Shivangi Sharma
- Sun, 08 Jun 2025 04:28 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The United States is intensifying efforts to disrupt a global fentanyl supply chain allegedly backed by China, with FBI Director Kash Patel revealing ongoing joint operations with Indian authorities. Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Patel claimed that India is playing a crucial role in combating the crisis, which involves the trafficking of fentanyl precursor chemicals from China through India to Mexican cartels.
Patel disclosed that he had recently contacted the Indian government for assistance. “I literally just got off the phone with the Indian government. I said: ‘I need your help. This stuff’s coming into your country, and then they’re moving it from your country because India is not consuming fentanyl,” Patel stated.
India A Key Transit Point In Global Supply Chain
According to the 2025 US Annual Threat Assessment, China remains the primary source of fentanyl precursors and pill-pressing equipment, with India identified as the second-largest source. Patel emphasised that Indian companies were being used as intermediaries by transnational drug networks, particularly Mexico-based groups like the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the dominant producers and traffickers of illicit fentanyl.
“We’re going to find these companies that buy it and we’re going to shut them down,” Patel said. Among the companies named in U.S. indictments are Vasudha Pharma Chem Limited, Raxuter Chemicals, and Athos Chemicals Pvt Ltd, all accused of conspiring to ship precursor chemicals to the US and Mexico.
CCP’s Alleged Weaponisation of Fentanyl
Patel further suggested that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using fentanyl as a strategic weapon against the United States. “The CCP have used it as a directed approach because we are their adversary,” he claimed. “Why don’t we go and take out generations of young men and women who might grow up to serve in the United States military, or become a cop, or become a teacher?”
Patel argued that the low prevalence of fentanyl deaths in China and India indicates selective targeting. He warned that without coordinated action, India could become a larger part of the trafficking network.
The FBI chief laid out a multifaceted strategy involving international legal action. “We’re going to sanction them. We’re going to arrest them where we can. We’re going to indict them in America if we can. We’re going to indict them in India if we can,” Patel said, underlining the US commitment to dismantling the network.