3kg heroin recovered from farm near border
GURDASPUR : The border security force (BSF) personnel recovered 3 kilograms of heroin from a farm situated between barbedwire fence and the zero line near Chandu Wadala village here on Wednesday. The seizure was made at around 12.10 pm, when the BSF personnel on duty were conducting a routine search operation in the area. A BSF spokesperson said, “Our troopers while carrying out area domination ahead of border fencing, noticed a suspicious item lying under paddy straw in the farming field inside Indian territory ahead of border fence near Chandu Wadala village in Gurdaspur district.”
The spokesperson added, “During checking, 3 packets of contraband item suspected to be narcotics (weighing 3.170 kgs) were recovered from the farming field. The vigilant troops, once again, foiled the nefarious attempt of anti-national elements to smuggle contraband.”
BSF shoots down Pakistani drone along border in Ferozepur
FEROZEPUR: The BSF shot down a Pakistani drone along the border in Ferozepur district of Punjab late on Tuesday night.
The BSF said personnel of its 136 Battalion heard the buzzing sound of the drone at 11.25pm and saw it entering from Pakistan into Indian territory near Gandu Kilcha village in Ferozepur. During the search of the area at dawn, the BSF personnel along with Punjab Police recovered the hexa-copter that had been brought down in the night. According to BSF sources, three drones were spotted coming from across the border fencing on Tuesday night.
BSF personnel at the border outpost at Jagdish in Ferozepur district first spotted a drone at 10pm. Another was seen in the area after a couple of minutes and the third after an hour and a half. The troops fired at the drones, using illuminating bombs. The two drones spotted initially managed to return to Pakistan, while the third was shot down, the sources added.
Police have registered a case against unidentified persons under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Aircraft Act.