Chandigarh, Sept. 8 -- Punjab Police have busted a heroin trafficking cartel with the arrest of the notorious drug smuggler identified as Soni Singh alias Soni along with his four associates in Amritsar and recovered 8.1kg heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, on Monday.

The other four arrested drug smugglers have been identified as Gursewak Singh, Vishaldeep Singh alias Gola, Gurpreet Singh and Arshdeep Singh, all residents of Ajnala in Amritsar.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the syndicate was operating from Pakistan and drones were being used to deliver large consignments of heroin into Indian territory. Preliminary investigation revealed that the syndicate used hotels as contraband dum...