Amritsar, May 12 -- In a major crackdown on international narco-hawala cartel, the Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a drug cartel linked to Turkey-based smuggler Navpreet Singh alias Nav Bhullar and arrested his three operatives, said a top official on Monday.

According to the Punjab Director General of Police (DGP), the three operatives have been identified as Gurdeep Singh alias Saab, Pardeep Sharma and Mani Sharma.

The officials have recovered 1.01 kg heroin, Rs 1.06 crore hawala money (Rs 84.02 lakh in cash and Rs 22 lakh in frozen bank accounts), a cash counting machine and a car.

As per the preliminary investigation, arrested operative Gurdeep was operating the local network on directions of Nav Bhullar, who had provide...