Another attempt of smugglers to smuggle narcotics via drone was foiled by BSF and Punjab Police on Thursday and recovered a drone during joint search operation on the outskirts of Bharopal village in Amritsar (Rural) district, said BSF.
The Anti-Narcotic Task Force (ANTF) of the Himachal Police seized 9.923 kg of cannabis along with the arrest of two persons in the Mandi district, police said on Thursday.
As a part of Special Campaign 3.0, Delhi's Customs Preventive Zone destroyed 328 kg of narcotic substances, valued at Rs 284 crore, and 80.2 lakh sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes, worth Rs 9.85 crore, said an official statement.
"On October 25, during the afternoon hours, based on specific information regarding the presence of a drone, a search operation was launched by BSF on the outskirts of Village Dhanoe Khurd, District Amritsar. During the search operation, at about 15:05 pm, a drone was recovered from paddy fi
A total of 328 kg of narcotic substances, valued at Rs 284 crore, and a staggering 80.2 lakh sticks of foreign origin cigarettes, with an approximate worth of Rs 9.85 crore, were safely and non-hazardously annihilated, read the press release issued by the Ministry of Finance.
In Punjab's Kapurthala city, several cases of women involved in the drug trade have come to the fore. With husbands in prison, their wives have stepped into the drug trafficking, continuing the illicit narcotics trade in the city.
Based on intelligence input, a vehicle coming from a neighbouring state was intercepted and after a thorough search, 1.1 kilograms of suspected heroin was recovered and subsequently seized. Along with the drugs, two persons have been apprehended on the spot, police said.
DGP Punjab Police, Gaurav Yadav in a post on X, said, "Big Blow to Trans-Border Narcotic Network: SSOC Amritsar has busted a cross-border heroin smuggling racket and arrested one person and recovered 12 Kg Heroin."
Illicit market value of these narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances has been reported to be more than Rs 250 crores which have been seized under the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985, the DRI said.
The Border Security Force along with Punjab police in a joint operation on Sunday recovered multiple packets of heroin and a drone battery from a paddy field near the Tarn Taran border in Punjab.
In a joint operation, the Assam Rifles and the Anti-Narcotics Squad recovered Heroin worth Rs 2.74 crores, in three separate operations, in General Area Bawngkawn in South Aizawl, Tlangsam and Zote in Mizoram with the arrest of four people, an official statement said on Sunday.