E-Paper
22-kg heroin worth Rs 110 crore found along border in Ferozepur sector
The Border Security Force (BSF) found 22 kg heroin worth Rs 110 crore on the Indo-Pak border on Sunday midnight in the Ulloke border outpost area in the Ferozepur sector. One Pakistani SIM card was also found along with the contraband. The contraband was packed in 22 packets of 1kg each.
The Border Security Force (BSF) found 22 kg heroin worth Rs 110 crore on the Indo-Pak border on Sunday midnight in the Ulloke border outpost area in the Ferozepur sector. One Pakistani SIM card was also found along with the contraband. The contraband was packed in 22 packets of 1kg each.
Giving details, R K Thapa, DIG, BSF, Ferozepur sector, said troops were put on high alert following intelligence reports of possible smuggling of drugs in the area.
Sunday midnight, BSF troops near the Ulloke border outpost sensed some suspicious movement of some people near the fence along the border. The troops challenged them, but they started firing on BSF troops.
Sensing danger to their lives, troops also opened fire in self- defence. However, the smugglers managed to escape taking cover of high wild growth and foggy weather. On search of the area, the troops found 22 packets of heroin, one Pak SIM card (Zong company) and a 12 foot-long plastic pipe 4" diameter.
Ashok Kumar, inspector general of BSF, Punjab Frontier, has announced a cash reward and his Commendation Roll to the personnel, who participated in the operation, added RPS Jaswal, DIG.
Seizures along Punjab border during 2014
Heroin : 328.606 kg (including Monday's seizure of 22 packets of contraband suspected to be heroin
FICN : Rs 11,93,000
Weapons : 19
Magazines : 29
Ammunition : 428 Rounds
Opium : 836 grams
Poppy husk : 25 Kg 300 gms
Morphine : 1 kg 250 gms
Pak smugglers interdicted : 3
Pakistani intruders interdicted : 6
Pak border-crossers apprehended : 14
Indian border-crossers apprehended : 26
Indian smugglers interdicted : 3
Indian smugglers apprehended : 11
BD nationals apprehended : 2
Pak mobiles : 30
Pak SIM cards : 48 (including Sunday's seizure of 1 SIM card)
Indian mobiles : 8
Indian SIM cards : 6
