BSF foils intrusion attempt, shots fired

Abohar, February 8

The Border Security Force (BSF) late last night thwarted an intrusion bid by Pakistan smugglers in the Hindumalkot area, near Dullapur Keri village, in Sriganganagar sector, 35 km from here.

Rs 2-cr heroin seized

Fazilka: The BSF claimed to have recovered a 470-gram packet of heroin, worth Rs2.35 crore in the international market, in the area of Tahliwala border outpost in Fazilka district on Monday. The troops of BSF’s 52 Battalion recovered the packet from the fields of a farmer, Darshan Singh, across the barbed fencing. OC

Official sources said the troops spotted suspected movement of smugglers close to the fencing and challenged them drawing fire. The troops retaliated, prompting the smugglers to flee. A packet containing 1 kg suspected heroin was found in the fields between the fencing and zero line. BSF officers from Sriganganagar reached the scene and initiated a search operation after cordoning off the area. Police sources said troops at pillar No. 134 under BSF’s Madanlal border outpost in front of Dullapur Keri village located on Abohar-Hindumalkot-Sriganganagar Road noticed some movement on the other side of the fencing around 12.15 pm.

Two suspects had crossed the zero line and were approaching the fencing when they were challenged by the BSF men. No casualties were reported in the firing. Police sources said a packet wrapped in yellow tape containing 1 kg suspected heroin, priced at Rs 5 crore in the international market, was seized. — OC