AMRITSAR, March 11 -- The Amritsar police on Monday claimed to have dismantled a drug trafficking cartel with the arrest of four drug smugglers, including a 16-year-old juvenile, and seized 4.01kg of heroin, Rs.20,000 drug money and three motorcycles from their possession, said Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Tarsem Singh alias Sema (23), Amrit Singh alias Abhi (21), both residents of Jalalabad in Fazilka; Ramanjit Singh alias Raman (19), a resident of Tarn Taran, and a juvenile from Ferozepur.

Yadav said that the arrested individuals were in constant contact with Pakistan-based smugglers, who were using the Ferozepur sector to smuggle drugs from acros...