India, March 4 -- Two drug smugglers were injured in separate police encounters in Amritsar district as part of an ongoing crackdown on drug trafficking, officials said on Monday.

In the first encounter, Amritsar police apprehended Sahil, alias Neela, a drug peddler from Faizpura, following an exchange of gunfire on Sunday night near the Palm Garden Colony link road area, said a police spokesperson.

Sahil sustained a bullet injury to his leg after the police fired in retaliation. Authorities had received information that Sahil, along with his associates, was running an organised crime syndicate, extorting money and smuggling illegal weapons, said the spokesperson.

When the police tried to arrest him while he was riding a motorcycle, he...