Hyderabad:Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a drone suspected to have originated from the Pakistan side carrying two packets of narcotics was spotted near the Abohar border, in Punjab's Fazilka, said an official statement on Thursday.
"On specific information, alert BSF troops recovered a Pakistani drone (DJI Matrice 300 RTK) on June 22, during morning hours along with 2 kg (appx) suspected heroin near the international border in Jodhawala village of Fazilka district," BSF Punjab Frontier said. The vigilant BSF troops thwarted the nefarious attempts of smugglers to smuggle contraband through the drone, the force said.
Earlier on Wednesday, BSF troops claimed to have recovered 14 packets of suspected Heroin (appx 500 gms) in Ferozpur district's Gandu Kilcha village. Vigilant troops thwarted Pakistani smugglers nefarious plans to push drugs in India, BSF said in a statement.
Meanwhile, BSF officials said on the intervening night of June 20-21, 2023, a drone originating from the Pakistan side and two packets of suspected narcotics were recovered from Rajasthan's Gharsana. According to the statement, the two packets of suspected narcotics weighed nearly 2 kg.
"On intervening night of 20-21 Jun 2023, alert troops of #BSF Bikaner deployed along #IndoPak IB in #Gharsana recovered a drone originating from Pak side. Two packets weighing nearly 2 kg of suspected narcotics were also recovered from the site", a statement from BSF Rajasthan said.
