Another Pakistani Drone Carrying Heroin Intercepted In Punjab, Fifth Incident In Four Days | India News

New Delhi: The Border Security Force intercepted a fifth Pakistani drone in 4 days that intruded into India from alongside the International Border (IB) in Punjab to drop a medication consignment, a drive spokesperson stated on Tuesday. The flying object was “downed” round 9 pm on Monday within the Amritsar sector in Bhaini Rajputana village of Amritsar district, he stated. The BSF recovered the black-coloured drone, a quadcopter of ‘DJ Matrice 300 RTK’ make, with an connected payload of two.1 kilogram suspected heroin connected by means of an iron ring, the spokesperson stated. A small torch in switched-on situation was additionally discovered connected to the drone in order that medication smugglers may detect the consignment and choose it up from the sphere on the Indian aspect, he stated.

This is the fifth reported interception of a “rogue” unmanned aerial automobile alongside the Punjab border since May 19. Just a few extra situations of troops choosing up the buzzing sound of a drone had been reported during the last 4 days however nothing extra might be established, officers stated.The BSF troops shot down two drones and intercepted a 3rd alongside the entrance on Friday final. A BSF spokesperson had stated the third drone fell into Pakistani territory and couldn’t be recovered.

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A drone that “violated Indian airspace on Saturday night (May 20) was intercepted by firing in the jurisdiction of the Amritsar sector” and the drive recovered 3.3 kilogram of suspected narcotics that was slung underneath it.

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Punjab shares an over 500-kilometre-long entrance with Pakistan that’s guarded by the BSF, and drones and unmanned aerial automobiles withdrawing from the neighbouring nation into India with medication and arms and ammunition payloads have change into a matter of concern for safety businesses during the last three-four years.