AMRITSAR, April 22 -- Police busted two inter-linked, cross-border narcotics smuggling cartels with the arrest of five persons and recovered 7kg of heroin from their possession, said Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav Tuesday.

Those arrested, all belonging to Amritsar district, have been identified as Deepak Singh alias Deepu of Harkrishan Nagar in Chheharta, Prince Singh of Kohala village, Rajinder Singh alias Ghuddu, Randeep Singh alias Dil and Gurpreet Singh, all natives of Sensra Kalan village. Besides recovering heroin, police teams also impounded a motorcycle being used for drug trafficking.

In a release, the DGP said preliminary investigation revealed that the accused were in contact with a Pakistan-based smuggl...