Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) seized a consignment of arms and heroin along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on Monday, officials said.
The consignment was found packed in a white-coloured sack hidden in "sarkanda" (wild grass) near the Chamliyal border outpost, they added.
The officials said the seizure included three AK rifles along with five magazines, four pistols along with seven magazines, five packets of heroin and some assorted ammunition. The sack was noticed during patrolling, the officials said, adding that it had the markings of "Karachi Fertilizers Company Limited".
There were intelligence inputs about Pakistan based ANE's smuggling attempts to smuggle weapons/ Drugs into Indian territory. Accordingly, the BSF troops were kept on high alert and the area between fencing and IB was regularly patrolled. Today in the morning hours, during the zero line checking, the BSF party recovered a bag near International Border.
