India, Feb. 14 -- Punjab Police on Friday busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling racket with the arrest of a smuggler and the seizure of 30kg of heroin in Amritsar district.

State director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said the accused, Gursimranjit Singh, alias Simran, a resident of Baserke Gillan at Gharindha in Amritsar, was going to deliver the consignment in his Ford Fiesta car when police arrested him.

He said Gursimranjit was involved in large-scale heroin smuggling and had recently received a large consignment of the contraband through drones from across the border.

Investigation is underway to identify more individuals involved and to trace the origin of the smuggling network.

Amritsar rural senior superintendent of...