The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) Jalandhar has filed a chargesheet before a special Mohali court against 18 accused entities and individuals, including Pakistani and Afghan nationals, in the case of a 584-kg heroin seizure at Amritsar’s Attari check-point.A money-laundering investigation had been initiated in the case on the basis of FIRs registered by Punjab Police and NIA. The probe revealed that 890 kg of heroin and 52 kg of mixed narcotics were smuggled from Pakistan through the land customs station at Attari by concealing them within imported bags of rock salt.Sahil, Shoiab Noor, Amir Noor (conspirators from Pakistan and Afghanistan) exported these concealed drugs and routed funds into India via illicit hawala channels. Their associate collected these hawala funds from local operators, deposited them into his own bank accounts and subsequently transferred it to the accounts of Indian entities, which were used to pay off Indian Customs duties, port charges and formally remit payments back to Pakistani exporters.Habitual narcotics dealers Ranjit Singh and Iqbal Singh received the drugs for further distribution.The investigation further revealed that the seized consignment was the sixth of its kind. The earlier consignments totalled 358 kg and were sold by the accused persons for Rs 8.6 crore, part of which was remitted to Dubai through hawala operators.