India, Nov. 26 -- Punjab Police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Ferozepur Range, has arrested a key financier and hawala operator linked to a cross-border drug syndicate after recovering Rs.20.55 lakh in drug money, a senior police official said on Wednesday.

ANTF AIG, Ferozepur Range, Gurinderbir Singh Sidhu said that the recovery was a part of the ongoing probe into the recent recovery of 50kg of heroin, one of the year's biggest seizures along the border.

"The breakthrough came after forensic experts analysed a mobile phone recovered from arrested accused Sandeep Singh, alias Seepa. The device revealed sustained communication with a Pakistani drug smuggler, exposing a deeper financial trail behind the consignment," the AIG said....