AMRITSAR, March 5 -- Amritsar police arrested a man and his son, considered 'big fish' in the drug trade, and recovered Rs.1 lakh drug money and weapons from their possession, said Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.

The arrested persons have been identified as Amolak Singh and his son Mahabir Singh, both residents of Thatha village in Tarn Taran, police said.

Apart from recovering drug money, police teams have recovered a fake arms licence, two weapons, one .30-bore pistol along with two magazines and 15 live cartridges and one .306 single barrel Springfield rifle along with five live cartridges, from their possession, besides impounding their car, the DGP said.

The development came almost a year after Amri...