Rs 200-cr heroin seized in Ferozepur

Ferozepur, December 26

The BSF thwarted yet another attempt of Pakistan-based drug smugglers to push narcotics inside the Indian territory and recovered a huge haul of 40-kg heroin in two incidents that took place in this sector today.

In the first incident, the BSF troops of 101 Battalion observed some suspicious movement ahead of barbed wire fencing along the Indo-Pakistan border near BOP Mian Wali Uttar. Later, a search operation was carried out, during which 22 packets of 34-kg heroin were recovered. The estimated cost of the consignment is pegged at Rs 170 crore in the international market. In the second recovery, the troops of the 116 Battalion recovered six packets of heroin (weighing 6 kg) worth Rs 30 crore near BOP Mohammadi Wala in this sector. — OC