Amritsar, May 13 -- The commissionerate police, Amritsar, busted a narco-hawala cartel linked to a Turkey-based smuggler Navpreet Singh alias Nav Bhullar with the arrest of his three operatives, Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Monday.

"The arrested individuals include Gurdeep Singh alias Saab, 35, a taxi driver from Amritsar, Pardeep Sharma, 29, a garment shop worker from Bikaner, Rajasthan, and Mani Sharma, 36, a Ludhiana-based garments businessman. The police have seized 1.10kg of heroin and Rs.1.06 crore in hawala money, comprising Rs.84.02 lakh in cash and Rs.22 lakh frozen in bank accounts. In addition, a cash counting machine and a Swift Dzire car, which was found without a number plate, were also impou...