BSF foils drone-based smuggling attempts

The Border Security Force (BSF) has foiled multiple cross-border smuggling attempts along the Indo-Pakistan border in Punjab, recovering substantial quantities of narcotics and a firearm in a series of coordinated operations.

Following an intelligence input about a potential drone drop, BSF jawans acted swiftly and an extensive search operation was launched near Bhaini Rajputa village resulting in the seizure of a large packet containing 3.675 kilograms of ICE (methamphetamine).

The packet was wrapped in yellow adhesive tape, with metal rings and illuminating strips attached — clear indicators of a cross-border drone delivery mechanism.

Further intensifying their crackdown on smuggling networks, BSF troops recovered a pistol wrapped in yellow tape from agricultural fields near Roranwala Khurd village in Amritsar.

According to officials, these consecutive recoveries point towards the persistent attempts by transnational cartels to exploit drone technology for smuggling contraband into Indian territory.

However, BSF’s sustained surveillance, technological upgrades, and timely intelligence sharing have greatly enhanced interception success rates along the Punjab border, said BSF spokesperson in a statement here today.

He said that these recoveries reaffirm the force’s unwavering commitment to ensuring the nation’s border security and integrity. The BSF continues to work closely with state police and other law enforcement agencies to neutralize such threats and dismantle smuggling networks operating across the border, he added.

On Friday, the BSF had neutralized four drones and seized opium from Amritsar and Tarn Taran’s border.

Three drones along with two packets containing over 1 kg of opium was recovered from different locations in the Rajatal border village in Amritsar. Similarly, a drone was seized from Marikammoke village in Tarn Taran district.