An interstate drug racket operating out of Navi Mumbai has been busted, with the seizure of heroin valued at Rs 47 lakh and the arrest of nine persons, a police official said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.

Acting on inputs concerning drugs, the anti-narcotic cell of the Navi Mumbai police laid a trap in the CBD Belapur area and arrested two residents of Tarn Taran, Punjab, on the evening of July 4, an official release said, reported PTI.

Following interrogation of the duo and further investigation, seven more persons were arrested over the next five days in connection with the trafficking and sale of heroin, a highly addictive opioid drug made from morphine, it said.