E-Paper
Drone carrying 500gm heroin seized from Amritsar
A BSF spokesperson said during the evening hours, the troops on duty intercepted the movement of a suspected drone near Mahawa village.
The counter-intelligence (CI) wing of Punjab Police and the Border Security force (BSF) on Saturday recovered a small Chinese drone and 500 gm heroin near Mahawa village of Amritsar.
The drone had sneaked into the Indian territory from across the border.
A BSF spokesperson said during the evening hours, the troops on duty intercepted the movement of a suspected drone near Mahawa village.
He said, “A joint search operation with CI Amritsar and Punjab Police was carried out. During the search at about 7pm, a drone along with a packet of suspected narcotics was recovered from the paddy field on the outskirts of the village.”
He said the recovered drone is a Quadcopter (Model - DJI Mavic 3 classic, made in China) and the weight of the recovered packet is approximately 500gms.
