Sriganganagar: Rs 270-crore heroin seized
Our Correspondent
Sriganganagar, June 3
The BSF seized 56.5 kg contraband, suspected to be heroin, after a brief firing near the border fence in the Khajuwala area near the Sriganganagar-Bikaner highway late last night.
The value of the contraband is estimated at Rs 270 crore in the international market. This is believed to be the biggest-ever seizure of heroin near the Pakistan border in Rajasthan.
Bid to smuggle drugs amid storm
DIG Pushpinder Singh Rathore said personnel of 127th Battalion posted in Khajuwala sector near Satrana observed some people approaching the fence during a storm around 1.30 am and challenged them. When they tried to flee, the BSF men fired two rounds. he said footprints of four-five persons were noticed on the other side of the fencing.
Suspected Pakistan smugglers fled back, while the Indian accomplices failed to collect the consignment that was reportedly pushed from across the border. The BSF seized 54 packets covered by yellow tape and tied in a pipe-like cloth.
DIG Pushpinder Singh Rathore said personnel of 127th Battalion posted in Khajuwala sector near Satrana observed some people approaching the fence during a storm around 1.30 am and challenged them. When they tried to flee, the BSF men fired two rounds.
Rathore said footprints of four-five persons were noticed on the other side of the fencing, while footmarks of two persons were found on the Indian side of the fence.
The Intelligence Branch had received inputs of possible cross-border movement in the sector and vigilance was stepped up.
