BSF, police seize drone, over 2 kg heroin at Amritsar border
The contraband was later handed over to the Gharinda police
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Alert BSF jawans seized four packets containing 2.2kg of heroin from Daoke village located near Indo-Pak border here on Wednesday. The contraband was later handed over to the Gharinda police and a case was registered against unidentified persons in this connection.
A complaint was lodged by Mahendra Kumar, Company Commander of the 181 Battalion of BSF.
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The police said the seizure was made in the area of Daoke border outpost. The BSF, in a joint operation with the Gharinda police, searched the area following the suspected movements of drones in the area. They found four packets containing 552 gm, 554 gm, 556 gm and 552 gm, respectively.
Meanwhile, the BSF recovered a damaged assembled hexacopter from the border village of Rajatal in Amritsar while in another operation, it seized a DJI Mavic 3 Classic drone with a packet consisting of 536 gm heroin from Kakkar border village.
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