Federal prosecutors in New York have charged two India-based pharmaceutical companies with smuggling chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl. The indictments accuse Raxuter Chemicals and Athos Chemicals of conspiring to distribute and import chemicals into the United States while fully aware they would be used for fentanyl production, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said on Monday. Prosecutors said that the two companies, based in the western Indian city of Surat, smuggled “all the materials necessary” for fentanyl production into the United States, Mexico, and other countries. The companies allegedly used “deceptive tactics” to evade detection, including mislabeling shipments, falsifying customs documentation, and providing false declarations at border crossings….