LUCKNOW, Jan. 9 -- After more than 1,000 suspected drug peddlers were identified in Lucknow and nine arrested in just two days, attention has now shifted to the "big fish" operating behind the network, officials said on Thursday.

A senior police officer privy to the operation said that the arrested accused are being questioned, while their mobile phones, call records and bank transactions are being analysed to trace the main handlers and suppliers running the narcotics trade in the city.

"The focus is now on dismantling the entire supply chain. The arrested peddlers are being used to reach the masterminds who control and finance the network," the officer said.

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