The Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Tuesday recovered a drone from a farming field adjacent in the district of Amritsar, a PRO said in a statement.
A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by BSF troops for surreptitiously crossing the international border in Punjab's Amritsar, Public Relations Officer (PRO), BSF said in an official statement on Monday.
The operation, carried out by the vigilant BSF troops of the 78th Battalion under the Guwahati Frontier, led to the destruction of around 5 acres of illegal cannabis cultivation, which was cut and subsequently burned.
BSF troops in Pathankot thwarted an infiltration attempt at the International Border today. An intruder crossing the border was challenged but ignored orders, prompting the troops to neutralize the threat. The intruder's identity and motive are under investigation.
On the intervening night of February 14 and 15, a special ambush was laid by the BSF troops at the suspected dropping zone of the drone coming from Pakistan to India side to drop the narcotics consignments.
"The four Bangladeshi nationals were attempting to cross into India illegally when they were intercepted by the BSF troops. During preliminary questioning, it was revealed that the individuals were planning to settle in India and had sought the assistance of the three Indian nationals to fac
A Chinese man has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly filming South Korea's NIS headquarters using a drone, prompting concerns over security breaches. In a related incident, Indian BSF troops recovered a Chinese-made drone near the border with Pakistan.
In a crackdown on narco-drones, vigilant Border Security Force (BSF) troops recovered one quadcopter from the border area of district Amritsar on Sunday, said BSF.
"The search operation, conducted on the basis of drone movement intercepted by the troops ahead of the border fence, culminated in the recovery of 01 DJI Matrice 300 RTK drone at about 10:05 am from a farming field adjacent to the village- Dariya Musa in district Gurdaspur," the BSF said.
The robust technical countermeasure and alert BSF troops successfully foiled yet another drone intrusion in Punjab from across the border, the release stated.
In the afternoon, the BSF troops jointly with Punjab Police recovered two DJI AIR 3S drones one after another along with one packet of suspected heroin with gross weight- 558 and 613 grams respectively in the area of village Dal situated in district Tarn Taran. The narcotics packets were fou
"As the foggy weather sets in, drone intrusion attempts on the Punjab border from across the border have witnessed an increase. However, the BSF's formidable wall of sharp vigilance and deployment of technical countermeasures on the order proves to be a true drone hunter. The observant BSF t