AMRITSAR, Dec. 19 -- The Amritsar police have busted a cross-border narco smuggling cartel with the arrest of three drug smugglers involved in heroin and illegal arms trafficking, and recovered 4.5 kg heroin and one .30-bore pistol from their possession, Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said here on Thursday.

Those arrested have been identified as Gurwinder Singh alias Gopi (23), a resident of village Shahwala in Ferozepur; Tilak alias Shibu (18), a native of Rajiv Gandhi Vihar, Jalandhar, and currently residing at Mustafabad in Amritsar; and Daljit Singh alias Lala (20), a native of Naushera Dhalla village, currently residing at Mustafabad village in Amritsar.

The DGP said that preliminary investigation has revealed that ...