1.8 kg heroin recovered in border village

The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police recovered heroin from a village in the border belt of Tarn Taran district today.

Based on specific information of the intelligence wing, the BSF and the police came to know about the presence of suspected drug smugglers in the border area of Tarn Taran district. A joint search operation was launched by the BSF in collaboration with the Punjab Police.

During search, around 4.28 pm, the BSF and the police team recovered three packets of suspected heroin (Gross weight 1.823 kg) from a paddy field adjacent to Wan village in Tarn Taran district.

However, the suspects who had come to retrieve the contraband from the field managed to escape before arrival of the team.

The heroin packets were wrapped in a yellow adhesive tape and an improvised copper wire loop was also attached to the consignment, confirming that the drug was dropped by a drone which came from across the border.