Amritsar, Jan. 7 -- In a crackdown on trans-border smuggling, Punjab Police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) and the Border Security Force (BSF) seized 19.980kg of heroin in Amritsar on Tuesday. Four persons, including a key operative and a 17-year-old juvenile, have been apprehended. The arrested adults have been identified as Sahibjit Singh, Rajwinder Singh, and Ashu Sharma-all residents of Amritsar. Police also impounded a Maruti Brezza and two motorcycles used by the suspects. Acting on intelligence that the group was retrieving a consignment smuggled via a drone, joint teams intercepted the accused at a strategic checkpoint. Following their interrogation, the heroin-packed in five large packets-was recovered from agricultural fields near Bhindi Aulakh village, close to the Ghogga border outpost (BOP). ANTF Border Range superintendent of police Gurpreet Singh said: "Reliable information was received that the accused had gone towards the border area to retrieve a heroin consignment smuggled via a drone. Acting swiftly on the input, a joint team of the ANTF and the BSF laid a naka at a strategic location and intercepted all four accused." Director general of police Gaurav Yadav said that the preliminary probe links the accused to Pakistan-based handlers who coordinate regional distribution. This recovery is part of an intensified crackdown on the drone-drop method along the border. An FIR has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act at the ANTF police station in Mohali. Investigation is focused on tracing the complete supply route and dismantling the wider cross-border network. In a separate incident, 3kg heroin was recovered in the area of Gharinda police station of Amritsar rural from two smugglers after their arrest....