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 DGP 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 was actively involved in the peddling of drugs and had three cases under the NDPS Act registered against him," DGP Yadav said. Kapurthala SSP Gaurav Toora added that drug peddler Gurnam hails from a drug hotspot village and has a well-connected network in other hotspot villages, in which he was carrying on his illegal drug business. "Gurnam has been detained under the PIT-NDPS Act for one year and has been sent to Central Jail, Bathinda," he said. HTC...