2kg heroin recovered from field at border in Punjab’s Amritsar

The seizure comes a day after 5kg of heroin dropped by a Pakistan drone was recovered from a border village of Daoke in Amritsar.

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The consignment was found during harvesting of wheat, BSF spokesperson added.

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday recovered 2kg heroin from a wheat field during a search operation at Dhanoe Kalan village situated at the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar.

The seizure comes a day after 5kg of heroin dropped by a Pakistan drone was recovered from a border village of Daoke in Amritsar.

A BSF spokesperson said: “During the afternoon hours on Sunday, the BSF troops launched a search operation on the outskirts of Dhanoe Kalan village and recovered two packets of narcotic substance from a field.”

The consignment was found during harvesting of wheat, he added.