Lagatar24 Desk
Chandigarh, Feb 19: The Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Sunday recovered a drone containing suspected contraband items along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district.
The made-in-China-drone, found in a farming field, was carrying four packets of narcotics in one big packet which was wrapped in yellow adhesive tape.
“On February 19 at about 9:30 am, alert troops of Border Security Force, while carrying out area domination patrol ahead of border fencing observed some suspicious items lying in the farming field near Village – Ghaniake, District – Gurdaspur,” said the BSF.
At approximately 9:15 am, a ZLP party from BOP Ghanike Bet, Ex-113 Bn BSF, successfully recovered a drone and suspected contraband items believed to be heroin, between the border fencing and the International Border in the alignment of BP Ref 46/8S. More details to follow: BSF pic.twitter.com/wzTCTlLld4
— ANI (@ANI) February 19, 2023
During the search, BSF troops recovered 01 Quadcopter/drone – DJI Matrice 300 RTK (Made in China) having a payload carrying capacity of appx – 9 kg, having a payload release mechanism, a reflector and 01 Big packet containing 4 packets of narcotics suspected to be Heroin in one big packet (Gross wt – appx 2.730 kg) wrapped with yellow adhesive tape,” added the BSF .
On Thursday, BSF foiled a smuggling bid and recovered approximately 2 kg of contraband suspected to be heroin in the village Dalla Rajput in Punjab’s Amritsar District.
Earlier this month, the Border Security Force also shot down a Pakistani drone near the International Border in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar sector and seized six kilogrammes of narcotics.
