Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday.

Two Indian chemical companies and an executive are indicted in the U.S. for conspiring to export fentanyl precursors.

Raxuter Chemicals and Athos Chemicals have been charged with criminal conspiracies to distribute and import fentanyl precursor chemicals to the United States.Bhavesh Lathiya, a founder and senior executive of Raxuter Chemicals,