<p>New Delhi: Nine people, including three Mexicans, have been arrested and a 'drugs lab' has been busted in Punjab's Ludhiana as part of a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) operation that began last month to crackdown on an international cartel, according to a statement.</p>.<p>More than 15 kg of methamphetamine, nine kg of pseudoephedrine and other chemicals have been seized by the central anti-narcotics agency's Delhi Zonal Unit since the operation began, the statement issued by the NCB on Monday said.</p>.<p>It said an advocate from Mohali in Punjab is the 'prime suspect' in the case and the NCB is trying to apprehend him.</p>.Aryan Khan Case | Ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede faces money laundering charges by ED, moves court.<p>The cartel, the agency said, operated across Delhi-NCR, Punjab and Rajasthan, apart from Dubai, and its operatives included Indians, Mexicans, Canadians and British citizens.</p>.<p>The narcotics were prepared at a laboratory-like facility in Ludhiana from where the three Mexicans, who worked as chemists, were held, the statement said.</p>.<p>The Mexican nationals came to India in November last year and were working according to the directions of their handlers based in Mexico and the UK, it said.</p>.<p>The six arrested Indians were providing all forms of assistance and raw materials to these foreigners, the NCB said.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Nine people, including three Mexicans, have been arrested and a 'drugs lab' has been busted in Punjab's Ludhiana as part of a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) operation that began last month to crackdown on an international cartel, according to a statement.</p>.<p>More than 15 kg of methamphetamine, nine kg of pseudoephedrine and other chemicals have been seized by the central anti-narcotics agency's Delhi Zonal Unit since the operation began, the statement issued by the NCB on Monday said.</p>.<p>It said an advocate from Mohali in Punjab is the 'prime suspect' in the case and the NCB is trying to apprehend him.</p>.Aryan Khan Case | Ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede faces money laundering charges by ED, moves court.<p>The cartel, the agency said, operated across Delhi-NCR, Punjab and Rajasthan, apart from Dubai, and its operatives included Indians, Mexicans, Canadians and British citizens.</p>.<p>The narcotics were prepared at a laboratory-like facility in Ludhiana from where the three Mexicans, who worked as chemists, were held, the statement said.</p>.<p>The Mexican nationals came to India in November last year and were working according to the directions of their handlers based in Mexico and the UK, it said.</p>.<p>The six arrested Indians were providing all forms of assistance and raw materials to these foreigners, the NCB said.</p>