Alert BSF, Punjab Police nab two peddlers from IB near Amritsar

Alert Border Security Force troops in collaboration with Punjab Police personnel caught two alleged drug peddlers from Atalgarh border village falling under the Gharinda police station here on Monday.

The duo had come to retrieve a drug consignment dropped by the drone. The ambush party recovered a packet containing around 530 grams of narcotics during the search operation of the spot.

They were later identified as Sandeep Singh of Pandiyar village and Baaz Singh of Kaunke border village. They were later handed over to the Gharinda police and a case under the NDPS Act was registered against them. Their credentials are being looked into, said Amandeep Singh, SHO, Gharinda police station here.

A BSF spokesman said the intelligence wing got a tip-off about smuggling activity near Atalgarh border area. Immediately, the information was shared with the Punjab Police and a joint ambush party was dispatched to the designated spot.

“At about 1.15 pm the ambush party noticed two suspected persons searching for narcotics dropped by a drone on the border area. On seeing the BSF and police teams, the two smugglers tried to flee, but were chased and nabbed by the ambush party,” said the BSF spokesman, adding that during the search of the area, one packet of narcotics was recovered from the farming field which was thrown by the smugglers while chasing.

The packet was wrapped in yellow colour adhesive tape and a steel ring was found attached with the packet hinting it was dropped by drone.

The police said further investigations were in progress to ascertain their linkages with cross-border smugglers.

Meanwhile, alert BSF jawans recovered another Chinese drone DJI Mavic Classic 3 from Rajpur Kalan border village in Amritsar.