Amritsar, July 11 -- The Amritsar commissionerate police have busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling network with the arrest of two individuals, leading to the recovery of 8.378 kg heroin and Rs.2 lakh in drug money, said Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Friday.

DGP Yadav said preliminary investigation revealed that the accused, identified as Lovepreet Singh, alias Love, 28, a resident of Khasa village in Amritsar, and one juvenile, were operating on the directions of a cross-border smuggler and were involved in collecting heroin consignments from different locations for further delivery across the state.

The DGP said further investigation was underway to establish forward and backward linkages in this case to ...