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 changing his direction on spotting the police. He was immediately intercepted and on being frisked, was found carrying a black polythene containing 1 kg heroin, along with an electronic weighing scale, empty pouches and rubber bands," said the SHO. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at the Dhakoli police station. In another case, a youth was caught with 130 gm heroin near the Army Ground in Kharar. The accused was identified as Sajan Singh, a resident of Kilche Dulchi Ke village in Ferozepur district. He was booked under the NDPS Act at the Kharar police station. The crime branch and the anti-narcotics cell of the Panchkula police also arrested three drug traffickers in separate cases, seizing heroin and opium. According to ACP (Crime) Arvind Kamboj, on November 12, the crime branch, Sector 26, acting on confidential information, apprehended Idnan, 28, a resident of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on the main highway in front of Swami Devi Dyal College. Upon inspection, 285 gm of heroin was recovered from him. In the second case, the anti-narcotics cell team intercepted a motorcyclist in Chandimandir village while he was attempting to supply opium. The accused was identified as Ramu, 42, a resident of Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, currently living as a tenant in Bana village. Police recovered 1 kg opium from him. Following this arrest, the police also apprehended his accomplice Ajay Gupta, who was involved in the opium supply. While Ramu was sent to judicial custody, Ajay was taken on six-day police remand for ongoing interrogation....