Punjab: Heroin, drone recovered near international border

The security forces recovered two bottles containing 1.5 kg of heroin from a field near the international border in Tarn Taran, a Border Security Force official said.

The security forces on Wednesday recovered heroin and drone in Tarn Taran and Amritsar.

The security forces recovered two bottles containing 1.5 kg of heroin from a field near the international border in Tarn Taran, a Border Security Force official said.

The security forces recovered two bottles containing 1.5 kg of heroin from a field near the international border in Tarn Taran, a Border Security Force official said.

The BSF troops, while carrying out an area domination patrol, observed some suspicious items lying in the field near Dal village. They recovered two small bottles filled with heroin from the agricultural field. The bottles were wrapped with black adhesive tape.

The BSF recovered a China-made drone near the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar.The quadcopter (DJI Mavic 3 Classic) drone was recovered from a paddy field in Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar during a search operation.

“On October 25, during afternoon hours, on specific information regarding the presence of a drone, a search operation was launched by the BSF on the outskirts of Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar district,” the BSF said.

With the fresh recovery, the BSF said its personnel managed to foil yet another attempt by smugglers to smuggle narcotics via drone.