Punjab: 1-kg heroin seized near international border in Ferozepur

1-kg heroin found in sock near border fence in Ferozepur by BSF troops during area domination duties; investigation underway.

The Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Sunday found a packet containing around 1-kg heroin, stuffed inside a sock, near the border fence in Ferozepur.

The recovery was made near the border fence in Kilche village in Ferozepur.

The recovery was made near the border fence in Kilche village in Ferozepur.

“On April 30, vigilant BSF troops, during area domination duties recovered a sock stuffed with a packet of suspected heroin, close to own side of border fence near the border village of Kilche, in Ferozepur,” the BSF said in a statement.

As per the BSF, the recovered drug weighed around 1 kg, and the sock was found from a harvested wheat field.

Further investigation is underway in the case.