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Chandigarh, October 27
The Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a drone near the international border in Tarn Taran on Friday morning and seized 3 kg narcotics that it was ferrying.
BSF intercepted the drone near Mastgarh village, an officer said.
A joint search was carried out with Punjab Police, during which troops recovered a red polyester bag containing three packets suspected to be heroin, wrapped in yellow adhesive tape, from the fields near the village, he added.
Yesterday, security agencies had recovered over 6 kg narcotics near the international border in Gurdaspur.
During a joint search, a large white-coloured bag was found in the fields near Adhian village, which contained six smaller packets wrapped with silver adhesive tape, weighing 6.279 kg.
In addition, a Chinese drone was recovered on the outskirts of Bharopal village in Amritsar yesterday, while a small plastic bottle containing 360 grams narcotics was recovered from the fields near Daoke village.
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