Amritsar/Chandigarh, July 1 -- In a joint operation with the Border Security Force (BSF) and Rajasthan cops, a Punjab Police team busted an international drug cartel and seized over 60-kg heroin near Pakistan border in Barmer, officials said on Monday.

This is the second biggest drug seizure made by Punjab Police this year. On May 16, Tarn Taran police had recovered 85kg of heroin after busting a narco-smuggling module controlled by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

The operation carried out by Amritsar police commissionerate led to the arrest of at least nine persons, including smugglers, traffickers and hawala operators from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir, said director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav....