Jalandhar, March 26 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against 18 entities and individuals, including Pakistani and Afghan nationals, in the case related to the seizure of 584kg of heroin at Attari check point in Amritsar.

The chargesheet was filed before a special PMLA court in Mohali on Monday.

The ED investigations into the money-laundering stem from the FIRs registered by Punjab Police and NIA under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Arms Act, the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, and the Official Secrets Act in June 2019.

In the June 2019 operation, the Customs Department, Amritsar, had seized one of the biggest haul...