Chandigarh, April 29 -- UT Police has dismantled a Pakistan ISI-backed international drug trafficking network, arresting nine individuals, including the kingpin Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Jalalabad (Punjab). The crackdown, conducted by the police station crime branch, resulted in the seizure of approximately 312.71 grams of heroin and Rs.5.12 lakh drug money.

Cracking the syndicate: How it began

On April 14, acting on reliable intelligence, a crime branch team led by inspector Satvinder Singh, apprehended two drug peddlers - Balkar Singh and Navneet Kaur - and recovered 35.17 grams of heroin from them.

During police remand, the accused made such disclosures that triggered raids across Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan, ultimately uncove...