Pakistan, Afghan nationals chargesheeted in drug case

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has filed a chargesheet against certain nationals of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India as part of a money laundering investigation into a 2019 case of smuggling of over 580 kg of heroin along the Attari-Wagah international border check post in Punjab.

The prosecution complaint (chargesheet) was filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Mohali on Monday, the federal probe agency said in a statement. The ED said its probe found that 890 kg of heroin and 52 kg of mixed narcotics was smuggled from Pakistan to the Land Customs Station (LCS) at Attari in Amritsar by concealing the contraband in imported bags of light pink rock salt in June 2019.

A total of 18 entities have been named as accused, including nationals of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.