Afghanistan-based notorious drug smuggler Mohammad Hussain Dad, who is wanted in a 3000-kilograms heroin seizure case, has been spreading his network in the border Districts of Punjab for smuggling the contraband, according to sources in the Punjab Police, reports Hindustan Times on July 30. Dad, with the help of his two Pakistan-based associates Hazi Niyamat Ullah and Zamil, has been in contact with several Indian smugglers for the heroin smuggling from across the border, Punjab Police said. The State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) of Punjab Police have also booked four Indian smugglers, identified as Pankaj Vaid of New Delhi, Manpreet Singh of Sultanwind area in Amritsar city, Harpinder Kumar of Rampura Phul village in Bathinda District, and Surinder Singh of Tega Singh Wala village in Ferozepur District, for allegedly operating Dad’s network in the border Districts of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Ferozepur and Tarn Taran. Some unidentified persons have also been nominated in the case, registered on July 29, under Sections 18, 21, 22, 23 (C), 24, 27 (a), 29, 30 and 31 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Sections 120 and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). According to the First Information Report (FIR), all the accused in the case have been running a nexus of heroin smuggling at the behest of Dad and a special drive should be launched to end the network. Huge quantity of drugs can also be seized with the arrest of the nominated accused, the FIR, which is registered on the basis of a tip-off to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Harwinderpal Singh. Earlier, Dad was booked by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) during the probe into the heroin haul case that was seized at Mudra Port in Gujarat. Dad was among eleven Afghan nationals who were charge-sheeted in the case. The NIA had found Dad’s links with various terror organisations in Pakistan.