BSF recovers 1.9 kg heroin from border belt

The Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered two packets of heroin from two different places in the border area of Amritsar district.

Acting on the information of the intelligence wing, vigilant BSF troops recovered one packet suspected of heroin (Gross weight 550 gm) on the intervening night of November 3 and 4 around 11.40 pm from a field at Gulgarh village in Amritsar district. The drug was wrapped in a yellow adhesive tape. An eight foot nylon loop was attached with the packet.

In the second incident, another packet of suspected heroin (Gross weight 540 gm) was recovered by the BSF troops around 2.40 pm from a field adjacent to Dhanoe Kalan village in Amritsar district. The drug was wrapped in a yellow adhesive tape. A copper wire ring and two illuminating strips were also attached to the packet containing the drug.