BSF recovers drone, 470-gm heroin from IB

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Amritsar, January 11

The BSF recovered a drone and 470 grams of heroin from Dhanoe Khurd village on the Indo-Pakistan border here on Thursday.

BSF officials said in the afternoon, following an intelligence input, BSF troops conducted a search operation beyond the border fencing at Dhanoe Khurd village.

“During the search operation around 12.45 pm, the BSF troops recovered one drone along with a packet suspected to be containing the heroin. The gross weight of the recovered narcotic was approximately 470 grams. The narcotics were wrapped with yellow adhesive tape and a metal ring was attached to the packet. The recovery took place in the farming field adjacent to Dhanoe Khurd village. The recovered drone is a Quadcopter, model- DJI Mavic 3 Classic, made in China. Once again, vigilant BSF troops thwarted the move of smugglers,” said BSF officials of Punjab Frontier.