BSF foils another cross-border drug smuggling bid in Punjab; 2.5 kg heroin recovered in Ferozepur

A BSF spokesman said that a big pouch containing 3 packets of heroin weighing approx 2.5 Kg and other substances was recovered near Setha Wala village in Ferozepur District.

Ferozepur: Foiling yet another cross-border drug smuggling bid by a drone, the Border Security Force on Sunday recovered nearly 2.5 kg heroin along the Indo-Pak border near Setha Wala village in Ferozepur District of Punjab, officials said. A spokesman of the Punjab Frontier of the BSF said that yesterday at about 11:55 PM, BSF troops deployed at the border heard a buzzing sound of a suspected flying object (drone) entering from Pakistan to Indian territory in the area near Setha Wala village in Ferozepur District.

“BSF troops recovered a big pouch containing 3 packets of heroin weighing approx 2.5 Kg and other substances as well,” he said. The incident comes hours after the BSF claimed to have recovered another heroin packet weighing around 1 kg heroin near the Border Fencing near Village Kilche in Ferozepur District.

A BSF spokesman said that the heroin was stuffed in socks and was found lying in a farming field in the area. In the early hours of Monday, a BSF spokesman said that a rogue drone from Pakistan violated Indian airspace and was intercepted by fire by the alert BSF troops in Ferozpur Sector. “On being fired, the drone returned back to Pak.

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  Search operation underway.
  Details follow. pic.twitter.com/g71EfHbiRw

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  A rogue #drone from #Pakistan violated Indian airspace and was intercepted(by fire) by #AlertBSF troops in Ferozpur Sector. On being fired, the drone returned back to Pak. During search, one bag of suspected heroin has been recovered.
  
  Search operation underway.
  Details follow. pic.twitter.com/g71EfHbiRw

  — BSF PUNJAB FRONTIER (@BSF_Punjab) April 30, 2023

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  A rogue #drone from #Pakistan violated Indian airspace and was intercepted(by fire) by #AlertBSF troops in Ferozpur Sector. On being fired, the drone returned back to Pak. During search, one bag of suspected heroin has been recovered.
  
  Search operation underway.
  Details follow. pic.twitter.com/g71EfHbiRw

  — BSF PUNJAB FRONTIER (@BSF_Punjab) April 30, 2023

During search, one bag of suspected heroin has been recovered. Search operation underway,” a BSF spokesman said. On Apr. 29, the BSF claimed to have recovered approximately 1.5 kg of heroin in the fields near JCP Attari. A BSF spokesman said that reacting to an information from local farmer, BSF troops of Amritsar Sector recovered a packet carrying suspected heroin, packed with yellow adhesive tape, in fields near JCP Attari.

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  Vigilant troops of @BSF_Punjab recovered appx 1kg #Heroin while performing area domination duties. The #drugs packet was stuffed in socks & was found in the farming field on own side of Border Fencing near Village Kilche, District- #Ferozpur.#bsfagainstdrugs#Jaihind pic.twitter.com/eQI4WIqICc

  — BSF PUNJAB FRONTIER (@BSF_Punjab) April 30, 2023

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  Vigilant troops of @BSF_Punjab recovered appx 1kg #Heroin while performing area domination duties. The #drugs packet was stuffed in socks & was found in the farming field on own side of Border Fencing near Village Kilche, District- #Ferozpur.#bsfagainstdrugs#Jaihind pic.twitter.com/eQI4WIqICc

  — BSF PUNJAB FRONTIER (@BSF_Punjab) April 30, 2023

The gross weight of the packet of heroin was found to be approximately 1.5 kg, the spokesman said adding the consignment was found while reaping of straw after harvesting of wheat in the area.