Punjab: BSF recovers 5 KG heroin from Amritsar village

Border Security Force troops on searching recovered one big packet containing 5.260 kg heroin near Rai village in Amritsar district.

Amritsar (Punjab): The Border Security Force (BSF) troops have recovered around 5.2 KG of heroin, which was dropped by a 'Pakistani' drone in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday from the Rai village of Amritsar district in Punjab, officials said.

Officials said when the BSF troops were on patrol, they heard the sound of a Pakistani drone entering the border area. They immediately launched a search and found one big packet, wrapped in yellow-colored adhesive tape. A green-color nylon rope and a hook attached to the packet were also found. The packet had heroin inside it and it has been seized.

BSF Punjab Frontier in a tweet said, "Depth deployed troops of @BSF_Punjab heard the sound of #Pakistani drone & dropping by it. On searching 1 big packet containing 5.260 kg heroin has been recovered near Rai village in Amritsar district."

Meanwhile, in another incident on Thursday, the BSF and the Punjab Police cordoned off an area in Wan village of Tarn Taran district due to drone infiltration by Pakistan, officials said. According to the officials during the search, they spotted a man, who ran away leaving his motorbike and consignment on the spot. The consignment contained 2.5 kg heroin, which has been seized. The motorcycle has also been seized.

Earlier, the BSF and the Punjab Police on Wednesday night recovered a Pakistani drone along the International Border (IB) near the Bhaini Rajputana village of Amritsar district in Punjab. The recovered drone was a Quadcopter of model DJI Matrice 300RTK series.