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Hexacopter drone, 6 kg heroin seized in Amritsar
The drone, which had sneaked into the Indian territory from the Pakistan side, was recovered from a farming field situated on the outskirts of the village
Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a hexacopter drone along with 6.3 kg of heroin and 60 gm of opium during a search operation launched on the basis of a tip-off near Hardo Rattan village of Amritsar on Saturday evening.
The drone, which had sneaked into the Indian territory from the Pakistan side, was recovered from a farming field situated on the outskirts of the village.
A BSF spokesperson said, “During the evening hours, on specific information, a search operation was launched by BSF at the outskirts of Hardo Rattan.”
“During the search, at about 07:45 pm, a drone along with 02 packets of contraband items—1 big packet suspected to be containing heroin (Gross wt. - appx 6.320 kg) and 1 small packet suspected to be containing opium (gross wt. - appx 60 gm)—were recovered from a farming field on the outskirts of the village,” he added.
He said the recovered drone was a hexacopter.
Earlier on Thursday, a quadcopter drone was recovered by BSF on the outskirts of village Rasoolpur of Tarn Taran district.
