India, Feb. 22 -- The Amritsar commissionerate police have arrested four drug smugglers and recovered 5.06 kg of heroin in two separate cases, Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Friday.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Gurjant Singh, alias Kalu, of Bachiwind village in Amritsar, Jagjit Singh of Rania village in Amritsar, Sahil Kumar, alias Sahil of Ghariyala village, in Tarn Taran, and Rinku of Basti Dune Wali in Guru Har Sahai, Ferozepur.

According to the DGP, the accused were in contact with Pakistan-based drug smugglers who used drones to smuggle narcotics across the border for further distribution in different areas of Amritsar. Two separate first information reports (FIRs) have been registe...