On Monday, BSF Punjab successfully intercepted an intruding drone and seized a packet of heroin on the Amritsar border. The force continues to be vigilant due to cross-border smuggling attempts by Pakistan-based traffickers. Who exploit the foggy conditions along the Punjab border to send drones.
A BSF intelligence-led search operation concluded around 7:10 am. During the operation they recovered a packet of suspected heroin, weighing approx 580 grams. The forces recovered it from an agricultural field near Ballaharwal village in Amritsar.
The narcotics packet was wrapped in yellow colour adhesive tape with a nylon loop attached to it. One DJI Mavic 3 Classic drone was recovered at about 08:50 am by the BSF troops, while acting on an intelligence tip, from a farming field adjacent to village- Daoke of district Amritsar.
The drone is presumed to have been knocked down due to the timely activation of technical countermeasures deployed on the border. Reliable information and diligent efforts of BSF troops effectively thwarted a few more attempts of smuggling of narcotics consignment from across the border.
On Friday the joint operation conducted by BSF and Punjab Police seized the packets of heroin from border areas of Punjab in Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur districts. Acting on reliable intelligence from the BSF, the first recovery took place around 12:30 PM near Dal village in Tarn Taran.
According to BSF, “An intelligence-based joint search of BSF with Punjab Police culminated at about 12:30 PM with the recovery of one packet of suspected heroin (gross weight: 562 grams) from a farming field adjacent to village Dal in district Tarn Taran.”
BSF along with Punjab Police seized two packets of Heroin on December 8. The weight of the packets recovered are approx 1 kg near Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur borders. At about 12:30 pm, a heroin packet wrapped in yellow tape with a copper wire loop attached was recovered from a field on Tarn Taran border. Whereas, in the evening, one more heroin packet, similarly wrapped and having a nylon loop and illuminating sticks attached, was recovered on the Gurdaspur border. These successful operations reflect the high level of coordination among the forces in curbing cross-border smuggling, the BSF said.
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