Mohali, Nov. 14 -- In a major drug seizure, the Mohali police recovered 1 kg heroin from a suspected drug smuggler on the old Ambala-Kalka Road on Tuesday evening.

The accused, identified as Jaswant Singh, alias Sunny, is a resident of Mohalla Badi Sarkar, Anandpur Sahib, in Rupnagar district. He was produced in court on Thursday and remanded to police custody, confirmed inspector Simarjeet Shergill, SHO, Dhakoli.

According to police officials, a team led by inspector Shergill, along with ASI Meva Singh and two head constables, was on patrol duty around 7.30 pm when they noticed a man walking from the direction of Kasumpura village carrying a black bag.

"On spotting the police, the man appeared nervous and tried to change direction. He...