New Delhi, May 13 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has extradited an alleged narco-terror operative from Portugal and arrested him in Delhi in connection with a Pakistan-backed heroin smuggling and terror funding network linked to the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM).

Identified as Iqbal Singh alias Shera, the accused is a key conspirator and handler of an India-based narco-terror module engaged in smuggling heroin from Pakistan.

The NIA said in a statement that Shera was taken into custody at the Delhi airport immediately after he arrived from Portugal, where he had absconded in 2020. "His successful extradition and arrest come as a major shot in the arm for the NIA's fight against Pakistan-backed narco and cross-border terrorism," th...