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BSF foils smuggling bid, seizes 6.6 kg heroin in Amritsar sector

BSF personnel detect suspicious drone activity near Daoke village

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The Border Security Force has foiled a major smuggling bid and seized a large cache of heroin.

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According to officials, BSF personnel deployed in the Amritsar sector detected suspicious drone activity near Daoke village on Saturday night. A swift search operation was launched, leading to the recovery of 12 packets of heroin weighing 6.6 kg from an agricultural field close to the border fence.

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Meanwhile, in another incident the same night, troops of the Ferozepur sector carried out a targeted operation near Gandu Kilcha village and seized a pistol, a magazine and four live rounds hidden in an agricultural field.

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