The Border Security Force (BSF) deployed at the Amritsar border once again foiled the nefarious designs of smugglers to smuggle contraband drugs with the recovery of 360 grams of heroin concealed in a bottle from Amritsar’s Daoke village, the BSF said in a release.
“On October 26, during the morning hours, based on specific information regarding the presence of contraband items, a search operation was launched by the BSF on the outskirts of Village Daoke, District Amritsar,” according to a press release by the BSF.
Further, during a thorough search at about 07:40 am, troops recovered one small bottle filled with suspected contraband item Heroin gross weight, approximately 360 gm, wrapped with yellow adhesive tape from a farming field, the release stated. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a China-made drone near the India-Pakistan border in the Amritsar district of Punjab.
The quadcopter (model: DJI Mavic 3 Classic) drone was recovered from a paddy field in Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar during a search operation.
“On October 25, during afternoon hours, on specific information regarding the presence of a drone, a search operation was launched by the BSF on the outskirts of Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar district,” the BSF said.
The BSF is mandated to guard the 3,323-km India-Pakistan border. During the search operation at about 3 pm, a drone was recovered from a paddy field near Dhanoe Khurd village. With the fresh recovery, the BSF said its personnel managed to foil yet another attempt by smugglers to smuggle narcotics via drone.
