India, March 19 -- The commissionerate police, Amritsar, on Tuesday busted a cross-border drug cartel with the arrest of a person and recovery of 8.08 kg of heroin, a .30-bore pistol and five cartridges from his possession.

Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said the arrested drug smuggler has been identified as Dharminder Singh, alias Sonu, a resident of Harsha Chhena village in Amritsar. Police teams have also impounded a car, which the accused was using to deliver the consignments, the DGP said.

Yadav said that arrested person was in touch with cross-border drug smugglers, who were using Ajnala sector to drop the drug consignments using drones from across the border. Further investigations are ongoing to trace backward an...