Amritsar, Sept. 8 -- Amritsar Commissionerate Police claimed to have busted a major heroin trafficking cartel in Punjab's Amritsar and recovered 8.187 kg of the drug, which was allegedly being operated from Pakistan.

Five people, including notorious smuggler Soni Singh, were arrested following a series of disclosures and raids, police said on Monday.

Punjab DGP in a post on X said, "In a major blow to cross-border narco-terror networks, Commissionerate Police Amritsar busts a heroin trafficking cartel operating from #Pakistan and recovers 8.187 Kg Heroin. On sequential disclosures and raids, 5 members are arrested, including notorious smuggler Soni Singh @ Soni with multiple NDPS cases."

Police said that the syndicate used hotels as co...