Three drones, over 1 kg drugs seized along International Border in Punjab

Chandigarh, June 25

In separate incidents, security agencies seized three drones and over 1 kg narcotics along the International Border in Punjab during past 24 hours.

During evening hours of June 24, the Border Security Force (BSF) neutralised a drone near PS Wala Hithar village in the Fazilka Sector. During a joint search with the Punjab Police, it was later seized from the fields near the village along with a packet containing 510-gram heroin attached to it with a metal hook. Based on information shared by a villager, the BSF carried out a search near Raja Rai village in the Ferozepur Sector during which a drone with packet containing 560-gram heroin tied to it with a metal wire, was found from the adjacent fields.

Another drone in partially broken condition was found from a field ahead of the border security fence near Thekalan village in the Tarn Taran Sector.