Punjab: The Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a Pakistani drone carrying narcotics along the international border in Amritsar district on late Monday evening.
According to officers, two packets suspected to be of heroin have been seized throughout a search.
“BSF shot down a Pakistani drone carrying narcotics near the International border in Punjab’s Amritsar. Troops of 144 Corps of BSF conducted an operation in the BOP Rajatal area in which a drone has been shot down. 2 packets suspected to be of heroin have been seized,” Ajay Kumar Mishra, BSF Commandant, Amritsar informed information company ANI.
This is the newest assault in a string of drone assaults by Pakistan on India whereas a number of others crossed the border at designated intervals.
Earlier, the BSF shot down one more Pakistani drone, with a bag hooked up to it, consisting of suspected narcotics from Punjab’s Amritsar, officers mentioned.
“A drone from Pakistan violated Indian Airspace & was intercepted(by fire) by Alert BSF troops of Amritsar Sector. During search, the drone and a bag of suspected narcotics has been recovered,” BSF Punjab Frontier mentioned in a tweet.
According to the BSF, it was the fourth drone shot down by them in the final two days.
Before that two extra drones had been shot down in Amitsar of the identical origin. “On May 19 at about 8:55 pm, Border Security Force troops deployed in-depth area, heard the buzzing sound of a suspected drone, in the area near village Udhar Dhariwal in District Amritsar. As per the laid down drill, the troops immediately reacted to intercept the drone by firing,” mentioned a press release from the BSF.
During the search of the world, BSF troops recovered a drone along with a consignment containing 2 packets of suspected Narcotics, hooked up to the drone, via an iron ring, it mentioned.
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