AMRITSAR, March 23 -- Amritsar rural police on Saturday arrested a drug smuggler and recovered a consignment of 4.5 kg of heroin from his possession, officials said.

"The SHO of Lopoke police station received a tip-off that Harpreet Singh alias Love, son of Shamsher Singh, a resident of Shahura village, is engaged in heroin smuggling and is in possession of a large consignment of heroin. Acting swiftly, the officer set up a patrol near the outskirts of the village, where Harpreet Singh was apprehended with 4. 5kg of heroin", Maninder Singh, senior superintendent of police (Amritsar rural), said.

A case under sections 21(c)/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered at Lopoke Police Station, and fur...