BSF recovers 2.8kg heroin, hexacopter in border belt

The Border Security Force (BSF) in a joint operation with the Punjab Police have recovered 2.8kg of heroin besides a hexacopter from Tarn Taran and Amritsar border belt, respectively, on Friday.

The contraband was seized near Dal village in Tarn Taran district. The BSF authorities said yesterday they observed suspicious movement of two persons on a bike. Alert BSF personnel signalled the bike riders to stop. However, they fled from the spot leaving the motorcycle behind.

The BSF, along with Punjab Police, then searched the area and recovered five packets of narcotics wrapped in yellow adhesive tape. It contained 2.838kg of heroin.

Later, the contraband and bike was handed over to the police which have registered an FIR and launched further probe to identify the bike riders.

In the second incident, the BSF in an intelligence-based operation confiscated a hexacopter drone near Bharopal village in Amritsar district. The BSF authorities said they got inputs regarding movement of a drone near Bharopal village in the border belt. Immediately an intensive search operation was launched which culminated in the recovery of a big assembled hexacopter drone.

In the third incident, the BSF personnel on Saturday detected a drone movement in the border area of Tarn Taran district. Immediately, technical counter measures were activated to neutralise the drone. Subsequently, a search operation was launched by the BSF in suspected dropping zone and the fallen drone was recovered in a broken condition from Mehandipur village. It was a China manufactured DJI MAVIC 3 Classic drone, the BSF authorities said.