Jalandhar, April 8 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday got two more days to grill Ludhiana-based drug lord Akshay Chhabra.

The federal agency produced Chhabra in Jalandhar's special court (PMLA) after his five custody ended on Monday and the court extended his custody by two more days.

The ED brought Chhabra, who was lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail, for further investigation into the money trail involving a cross-border drug smuggling racket on April 2.

In November 2022, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Chhabra along with two Afghan nationals for allegedly smuggling 2,000kg heroin into Punjab in connivance with Dubai-based drug smuggler Haji Yusuf.

The NCB had on August 17 detained two smugglers -Chhabra and Jasp...