Tarn Taran, Oct. 9 -- Police on Wednesday arrested two suspected traffickers and seized 16 kg of heroin believed to have been smuggled across the Indo-Pak border.

Police said the accused, Manpreet Singh alias Mannu and Harpreet Singh alias Happy, both from Amritsar, were operating as part of a cross-border drug smuggling network in coordination with Pakistani handlers.

Acting on a tip-off generated through technical surveillance and human intelligence, a team led by inspector Prabhjit Singh, incharge of CIA staff Tarn Taran, launched an operation under the supervision of DSP (D) Sukhbir Singh.

As per the inputs, the accused were travelling to Tarn Taran in a Swift car to deliver a major consignment of heroin. The police set up a checkp...