BSF Intercepts Pakistani Drone In Amritsar, Seizes Over 5 Kg Drugs

The BSF has intercepted a Pakistani drone in a village in Punjab's Amritsar district and seized over 5 kg drugs.

The BSF has intercepted a Pakistani drone in a village in Punjab's Amritsar district and seized over 5 kg drugs.

The Border Security Force (BSF) has intercepted a drone in the Rai village in Punjab's Amritsar district by the movement of suspected drone and recovered over 5 kg drugs during the search. One big packet, suspected to be contraband, wrapped in a yellow-coloured adhesive tape along with one green colour nylon rope and hook attached to the packet was recovered from the farming field on the outskirts of Rear Kakkar. On the opening of the packet, five packets of Heroin (drugs) weighing  5.260 Kgs were found, the BSF's Punjab Frontier said.

Punjab | Depth deployed troops of BSF heard the sound of a Pakistani drone & dropping by it. On searching, one big packet containing 5.260 kg heroin has been recovered near Rai village, Amritsar district: BSF Punjab Frontier pic.twitter.com/hhZt9zzeFc

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In a separate development, troops of the border guarding force seized more than two kilograms of heroin airdropped by another Pakistani drone in Tarn Taran district, the official said. Around 9 pm on Wednesday, BSF personnel heard the buzzing sound of an unmanned aerial vehicle near Bhaini Rajputana village in Amritsar and opened fire on it, the spokesperson of the force said.

A joint search operation by the BSF and the Punjab Police was carried out, during which the drone was found in a damaged condition on a field adjacent to the Rajatal-Bharopal-Daoke tri-junction on the outskirts of the village, he said. The recovered drone was a quadcopter of model DJI Matrice 300RTK series, the official added.

In Tarn Tara, BSF personnel detected the drone coming from the Pakistani side around the same time on Wednesday near Wan village and intercepted it, the spokesperson said. After a while, the troops spotted a suspicious motorcycle coming from Wan and signalled it to stop. Its rider, however, sped away towards Mari Kamboke village.

The BSF troops chased the bike and found it abandoned in the village, he said. The village was cordoned off and during a search, a packet wrapped in a yellow adhesive tape was found, the spokesperson added. The packet was found to be a consignment of heroin weighing around 2.50 kilograms. It is suspected that the bike rider was carrying the packet after it was dropped off by the drone.

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(With inputs from PTI)