Chandigarh, Sep 10 || Acting swiftly in the 8 kg heroin recovery case, Commissionerate Police Amritsar has arrested four more drug smugglers and recovered 12 kg contraband from their possession, taking the total seizure of the drugs in this case to 20 kg, said Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.
Those arrested have been identified as Gurbhej Singh (50) and his son Gurdit Singh (22), Malkit Singh (50) and Gurjit Singh (29).
The DGP said a .30 bore pistol and a magazine were also recovered from the possession of the accused.
The development comes close on the heels of Punjab Police busting a heroin trafficking cartel with the arrest of the notorious drug smuggler identified as Soni Singh, alias Soni, along with his four associates - Gursewak Singh, Vishaldeep Singh, alias Gola, Gurpreet Singh and Arshdeep Singh and recovered 8.1 kg heroin from their possession.
DGP Yadav said the latest arrests have exposed another network of the trans-border cartel operating in Tarn Taran and Amritsar Rural sectors.