BSF Recovers 3 Packets Of Narcotics From Drone In Punjab's Amritsar, 1 Held
Border Security Force officials in Punjab's Amritsar have recovered a drone and seized three packets of narcotics weighing 3.4 kg.
The troops of the Border Security Forces recovered a drone (Quadcopter, DJI Matrice RTK 300) from the farming fields of Dhanoe Khurd village in Punjab's Amritsar. ANI reported BSF Punjab Frontier as saying that a person was also arrested with a bag containing suspected narcotics consignment of three packets weighing approx 3.4 kg.
It said that an iron hook and four luminous strips were also found attached to the consignment.
BSF troops recovered a drone (Quadcopter, DJI Matrice RTK 300) from the farming fields of Dhanoe Khurd village, Amritsar. a were toA person was also arrested with a bag containing suspected narcotics consignment of 3 packets weighing approx 3.4 kg. An iron hook and 4 luminous… pic.twitter.com/Ko30yt8Uyg
— ANI (@ANI) May 28, 2023
On May 20, the Border Security Force shot down a drone in Amritsar that had violated the Indian airspace, said the BSF Punjab Frontier on Saturday. The drone was intercepted by the BSF and then recovered later during a search, reported news agency ANI.
“A drone from Pakistan violated Indian Airspace & was intercepted (by fire) by BSF troops of the Amritsar Sector. During the search, a drone has been recovered. Further search operations underway. This is the fourth drone shot down by BSF in the past 2 days,” said the BSF Punjab Frontier, reported by the news agency.
Last month, on April 15, the BSF had shot down an intruding drone near the India-Pakistan border. The drone was spotted at Bachiwind village near the international border at 3.21 am on Saturday. BSF troops recovered three packets of heroin weighing around 3.2 kg.
Two days earlier, on April 13, the Indian security forces had shot down a drone flying into the Indian side from along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.
The drone was recovered from the BERI Pattan area of the Sunderbani sector during joint searches by the Army troops and Jammu and Kashmir Police.
On April 3, Jammu Police had recovered a cache of arms and explosive materials from a package suspected to have been airdropped by a drone from across the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.
On April 1, the BSF had detected and foiled a Pakistani drone movement attempt at the International Border (IB) in the Ramgarh sector of Jammu.
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