Lagatar24 Desk
Gurdaspur, Feb 8: The Border Security Force (BSF) has spotted a Pakistani drone at the Adia post of BOP in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. BSF troops deployed at BOP Gurdaspur heard the buzzing sound of a suspicious flying object at around 9:45 pm on Wednesday night.
BSF DIG Prabhakar Joshi said, “A Pakistani drone was spotted near the Adia post of BSF last night. BSF troops fired towards the drone. Search operation underway by police and BSF.”
Punjab | Search underway after a Pakistani drone was spotted near the Adia post of BSF in Gurdaspur last night.
(Source: BSF) pic.twitter.com/tfNGS99QyS
— ANI (@ANI) February 9, 2023
As per information, this is the fourth instance of a Pakistani drone being spotted on the Indian side in the last three days and of the BSF jawans on duty firing at it and forcing it back to Pakistan.
Earlier in 2022, a total of 22 drones were captured by the jawans also a total of 316 Kg of drugs were seized by the BSF and the BSF along the Punjab border killed two Pakistani intruders.
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“The troops of the Punjab Frontier have maintained an extremely high level of alertness and vigil. As a result, BSF has successfully detected and captured 22 drones and seized 316.988 kgs of heroin, 67 weapons, 850 rounds and killed two Pakistan intruders and apprehended 23 Pakistan nationals in different incidents,” the BSF had said.
Moreover, the data collected by various security agencies have revealed that there has been a threefold increase in drone sighting incidents along the India-Pakistan border in the last year.
