Kapurthala, Aug. 15 -- The Kapurthala police have taken a notorious drug smuggler into one-year preventive detention under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT-NDPS), officials said on Thursday.

Confirming the order, Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said the preventive detention orders have been issued by the competent authority under Section 3 of the PIT-NDPS Act against Gurnam Singh, a resident of Sainchan village in Sultanpur Lodhi of Kapurthala district.

"Section 3 of the PIT-NDPS Act empowers the government to take smugglers into preventive custody to stop them from engaging in illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Accused Gurnam Singh wa...