BSF nabs two with drugs, drone, arms at International Border
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Take your experience further with Premium access. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only BenefitsFollowing intelligence inputs, the Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested two smugglers and recovered a pistol, narcotic substance and drone in multiple operations on Indo-Pak border in Punjab.
In a statement released on Friday, a BSF spokesperson revealed that on Thursday night, the BSF held a suspect roaming near the border in Attari village. He was arrested and a probe was on.
In another operation, the BSF in a joint operation with the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) nabbed a drug smuggler along with a packet of heroin having gross weight of 563 gm. He was travelling on a bike when he was arrested from near a farming field in Attari.
Similarly, while tracing the movement of a drone, BSF troops recovered two packets of contraband weighing around 1.127 kg of heroin from Hardorattan border village in Amritsar.
In another instance, BSF jawans seized a packet containing a pistol along with a magazine from Havelian village in Amritsar while a Chinese drone along with a packet of heroin was recovered from Chhimbewala village in Fazilka.