5-kg heroin dropped by Pak drone seized in Amritsar
A BSF spokesperson said, “During the morning hours on Saturday, on specific information, the alert BSF troops launched a search operation in the outskirts of bordering village Daoke.”
Border Security Force (BSF) troops recovered 5kg of heroin allegedly dropped by a drone which had sneaked into the Indian territory from the Pakistan side in the outskirts of Daoke village falling under the Ajnala sub-division of Amritsar.
A BSF spokesperson said, “During the morning hours on Saturday, on specific information, the alert BSF troops launched a search operation in the outskirts of bordering village Daoke.”
“During the search, the troops recovered five packets of narcotic substance packed together as single consignment (gross weight- appx 5kg), from the farming fields of village Daoke,” he said. He said the consignment seems to have been dropped by a drone.
On Tuesday, in a similar incident, the Amritsar rural police recovered 2kg of heroin allegedly dropped by a Pakistan drone, from a field in Bachiwind village situated along the India-Pakistan border.
