Satishkumar Hareshbhai Sutaria (37) and Yuktakumari Ashishkumar Modi (26), both from Surat, Gujarat, India, have been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for their alleged involvement in a fentanyl precursor trafficking operation linked to the Sinaloa Cartel. The sanctions were part of a broader US initiative targeting narcotics trafficking. Sutaria and Modi are associated with SR Chemicals and Agrat Chemicals, which reportedly supplied chemicals mislabelled as 'safe' to a Guatemala-based firm, J&C Imports, suspected of being a front for the cartel. The two were arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on March 17, 2025, for illegally procuring fentanyl precursors using forged end-user certificates and smuggling them to Mexico. They allegedly sent 116 kg of precursors, with 50 kg seized before shipment. Both individuals were granted bail in February 2026 and await trial in Surat. The case highlights ongoing efforts by US authorities to dismantle drug trafficking networks linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, which was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US State Department in February 2022.