Chandigarh, November 28
The Border Security Force (BSF) seized a drone along with a packet containing about 2 kg narcotics near the international border in the Ferozepur sector on Tuesday.
Based on a specific information, a search operation was carried out in the morning of November 28 on the outskirts of Rana Panj Grain village, a BSF officer said.
A China-made DJI Matrice 300 RTK quadcopter with a packet of heroin wrapped in yellow adhesive tape attached to it was found in the fields adjacent to the village, he added. In the evening, a joint search operation with the police was launched on the outskirts of Machhral village in the Gurdaspur sector, during which about 500 grams of heroin was found in a packet wrapped in white adhesive tape and a metal ring attached to it.
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