Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Sunday late night recovered 2.5 kg of heroin dropped by a Pakistani drone, which had entered into the Indian territory near Setha Wala village in Punjab's Ferozepur district.
The Border Security Force (BSF) troops on late Sunday night recovered 2.5 kg of heroin dropped by a drone, which had entered Indian territory from the Pakistan side, near Setha Wala village in Ferozepur district.
"Reacting to a specific input, BSF troops of Amritsar Sector have recovered a bag carrying suspected heroin, packed with yellow adhesive tape, an iron hook and 8 luminous strips which is most likely dropped by drone,"
"A drone entering from the Pakistan side has been intercepted (by fire) by alert BSF troops in Gurdaspur Sector. On being fired, the drone returned back to Pak. Search operation underway," BSF Punjab Frontier tweeted.
"A rogue drone entering from the Pak side was intercepted with firing by alert BSF troops in Amritsar Sector. On being fired, the drone returned back to Pak side", BSF said in a statement.
"On April 15, 2023, during afternoon hours, forward deployed BSF troops apprehended one Pakistan national ahead of border fence, while he crossed the International Border and entered into Indian territory, in the area falling near village - Raja Rai under Ferozepur district," stated the BSF
"A drone was forced to return to Pakistan after BSF troops deployed at the India-Pakistan international in Sambha District fired towards a blinking light of a flying object observed," BSF said in a statement.
In a statement, BSF said, "On Friday at about 02:28 am, BSF troops deployed along the Indo-Pakistan border in the area of Metla in the Gurdaspur sector of Punjab detected a drone infiltrating into Indian territory from Pakistan side, and subsequently fired upon the rogue drone."
Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) have foiled a smuggling bid and caught a smuggler with 12 gold biscuits worth Rs 81 lakh on the Indo-Bangladesh border, BSF said in a statement on Monday.
The hexacopter drone was shot down and recovered alongwith contraband items by the alert BSF troops at about 12.55 am from the area near Metla village in the Gurdaspur district.