Drone, heroin seized in Tarn Taran villages

The Chabal police and the BSF in a joint search operation launched on Tuesday night seized a drone from a drain at Sohal village. Besides, the Khalra police recovered heroin from a field in border area village Rajoke.

Sub-Inspector Balwinder Singh of the Chabal police station said the police and BSF teams, based on the information received, launched the searched operation in the field of farmer Gurdeep Singh near the drain and recovered a drone. The police have registered a case under Sections 10, 11 and 12 of the Aircraft Act.

Sub-Inspector Sahib Singh of the Khalra police station said a police party led by him recovered a packet, dropped by a drone from the Pakistan side, from the field of farmer Gurbinder Singh of Rajoke village. Heroin weighing 417 grams was found from the packet. Sub-Inspector Sahib Singh said cases have been registered under Sections 21-C, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act and Sections 10, 11 and 12 of the Aircraft Act.