Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing some high-value suspicious transactions across the country. These include a case where over a dozen cooperative banks deposited 1,596 crore rupees cash in old notes in Mumbai and 205 new bank accounts opened in Allahabad where cash in scrapped notes was remitted.<br/><br/>Official sources said in New Delhi that ED has registered over 26 criminal cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), arrested 18 people and over 150 inquiries have been launched under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) since November 8.<br/><br/>The central probe agency has also detected about 35 Jan Dhan accounts where deposits of more than Rs 10 lakh have been made, after it conducted inquiries at over 50 bank branches country-wide early this month.<br/><br/>Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also probing some top 80 jewellers at close to 20 locations in the country for transfer of huge funds in their accounts during the same period, the sources said.<br/><br/>The agency, till now, has seized cash worth 14.37 crore rupees, foreign currency worth 1.9 crore rupees and at least five kilograms of gold bars as part of these operations in the country.<br/>