The Counter Intelligence wing of the Punjab Police has busted a drug smuggling module with the arrest of a man and seizure of 6 kg of heroin in Amritsar.

The accused, Lovepreet Singh of Jandiala Guru, was arrested while allegedly transporting the contraband in a car, which has been impounded.

Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said preliminary investigation revealed that Lovepreet was acting at the behest of a Dubai-based handler, Antarpreet Singh, a native of Sultanwind with multiple cases of narcotics trafficking registered against him.

He said Lovepreet was part of a larger supply chain and procured heroin consignments from various locations before supplying them further on the handler's directions.

SP Counter Intelligence Gurpreet Singh said the police had received specific inputs that the accused would deliver a consignment near Adda Manawala on the Amritsar-Jalandhar GT Road. Acting on the tip-off, Counter Intelligence teams laid a naka and intercepted the vehicle.