Amritsar, July 26 -- In a major strike against cross-border narco-smuggling, Amritsar Police Commissionerate busted a well-organised heroin trafficking cartel with direct links to Pakistan-based smugglers, as per officials.

In a post on social media X, the Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab Police, wrote that the key accused, identified as Sarbjit aka Joban was in direct contact with a notorious smuggler identified as Rana across the border, and had been arrested along with a juvenile, with one kilogram of heroin recovered from them.

The DGP further mentioned that the two more smugglers, identified as Dharam Singh and Kulbr Singh, had been arrested along with five kilograms of heroin.

"In a major strike against cross-border narco...