BSF recovered 9 kg heroin in Punjab

Chandigarh (IANS) | The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday claimed to have seized 9 kg of heroin from near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Amritsar district. BSF personnel posted on the border heard the sound of a suspicious drone intruding into Indian territory from Pakistan near Dhano Kalan village on Tuesday night. As per the prescribed drill, the troops fired at the drone.

After which Kshetri was searched. During this, they found three large packets wrapped in yellow adhesive tape from the fields of Bachiwind village. On opening the three packets recovered, nine small packets containing about 9.5 kg of heroin were found.

In another incident, troops on Wednesday recovered five bottles containing suspected amount of heroin hidden in fields near a fence near Mehandipur village in Tarn Taran district.

As per reports, Punjab shares a 553-km-long international border with Pakistan along a barbed wire fence.

–IANS