BSF troops seize three more drones, heroin

Continuing with its relentless hunt for rogue drones and narcotics, the BSF on Saturday seized three more drones with heroin consignments from border areas of Tarn Taran and Amritsar districts.

These recoveries could be materialised based on reliable information of BSF intelligence set-up.

One DJI AIR 3S drone along with one packet of heroin (gross weight 532 grams) was recovered by BSF troops at about 4.35 pm from a farming field adjacent to Dal village in Tarn Taran district. Similarly, another DJI AIR 3S drone was seized by a joint search party of the BSF and the Punjab Police at about 02.55 pm, from a farming field in the same location.

In another instance, one packet of suspected heroin (gross weight 570 grams) was recovered by a joint search party of the BSF and the Punjab Police at about 04.10 pm from a farming field adjacent to T J Singh village in Tarn Taran district. The narcotics were found wrapped with yellow adhesive tape and having a copper wire loop attached to it.

Both the drones are presumed to have been knocked down due to timely activation of technical countermeasures deployed on the border.

In Amritsar’s Neshta village, the search culminated at about 04.45 pm last evening, with the recovery of one drone (China made DJI AIR 3S) from a farming field. The drone is presumed to have crashed due to activation of technical countermeasures deployed on the border.