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BSF recovers 1.9 kg heroin from border belt

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

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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.

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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.

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