Punjab police busts cross-border drug cartel; kingpin held with 5 kg heroin

In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing war against drugs waged on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Tarn Taran police has busted a Pakistan-backed drug trafficking cartel with the arrest of a kingpin and seized 5 kg heroin from his possession, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said on Thursday.