BSF seizes 8-kg heroin near Fazilka

The Border Security Force caught a farmer with 8-kilogram heroin, besides a firearm, at Jodhwala outpost in Abohar sector on Thursday.

The Border Security Force caught a farmer with 8-kilogram heroin, besides a firearm, at Jodhwala outpost in Abohar sector on Thursday.

Border Security Force officials putting seized heroin and a firearm on display at a frontier area in Fazilka district on Thursday. (HT Photo)

A search had been launched after observing suspicious activities of Jagtar Singh of Jodhawala, in Fazilka, said Abohar deputy inspector general (DIG) of police PV Eapen.

The search party recovered a Chinese-made pistol hidden in the area between international border and the border security fence, the BSF DIG has said further.