The drone was recovered from paddy fields adjacent to Rajatal village.
Chandigarh, September 29
The Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a drone near the International Border in the Amritsar Sector on Friday and seized a plastic bottle filled with about half a kg of narcotics.
On September 29, 2023, during afternoon hours, forward deployed BSF troops intercepted the movement of a drone near Rajatal village, a BSF officer said.
During search operations carried out ahead of the border fence, troops recovered a drone, along with a soft drink bottle filled with suspected heroin attached to it, from the paddy fields adjacent to the village, he added.
The recovered drone is a Quadcopter DJI Mavic-3 Classic, made in China, and the gross weight of the recovered heroin is 545 grams.
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