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Three Pak smugglers shot dead near Attari border Heroin worth
Rs 120 crore seized Twenty-two packets containing 24 kg heroin worth
Rs 120 crore in the international market seized. An AK-47 rifle with two magazines, two .32 pistols, three mobile phones with Pak SIMs also
recovered Mullankot (Amritsar), Oct 26 An AK-47 rifle with two magazines (44 rounds), two .32 pistols with 13 cartridges, three mobile phones with Pakistan SIM cards and Rs 610 in Pakistan currency were recovered from the scene. The mobiles phones would be sent of a forensic examination. BSF Inspector General (Punjab frontier) Ajay Kumar Tomar said the troops retaliated after the smugglers opened fire after being challenged. On October 4, smugglers had tried to push in 17 kg heroin from the same Thatakot outpost area of Pakistan. Tomar said the troops noticed suspicious movement near the border fencing around 9 pm. Three smugglers, in their mid-20s, were found using a plastic pipe to smuggle 22 packets of heroin across the barbed fencing.
Upon being challenged, the three armed men fired at the BSF troops, who retaliated and killed the three on the spot. A search was conducted in the presence of senior officers of the BSF this morning during which two bodies were found across the fence, while the third body was located a little further away.
The BSF confiscated 22 packets inserted in the pipe and two packets near the third body.
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