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BSF arrests 2 from Punjab with Rs 30 crore heroin at international border | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday caught two smugglers at the Indo-Pak border with 6kg heroin worth Rs 30 crore. Three bags were dropped by a drone at the border in which six packets of drugs were found. The force is on the lookout for two more smugglers, said officials on Sunday.
“On the basis of the information from an intelligence agency of BSF, on the night of January 14, two Punjab-based drug smugglers were caught on the Indo-Pakistan international border in Sri Ganganagar sector. Three bags dropped by drone from Pakistan were recovered, in which six suspected heroin packets were found, whose total weight including packing material is about six kilograms,” said a statement released by BSF on Sunday.
The statement further mentioned that BSF troops fired on the drone and used ILU bombs.
The search for two other smugglers who came from Punjab in a car is still on, although the car number PB 22U 6262 Punjab has been recovered, added officials.
Officials said that they recovered the suspected heroin and car.
The arrested smugglers will be handed over to the agency concerned for investigation.
In 2022, BSF Rajasthan frontier apprehended 50 intruders including 10 Pakistani intruders and two Bangladeshi nationals attempting to exit to Pakistan side, said officials last week.
Officials also said that two Pakistani intruders were killed last year while trying to infiltrate into India. They did not pay heed to the caution given by alert BSF sentry.
“On the basis of the information from an intelligence agency of BSF, on the night of January 14, two Punjab-based drug smugglers were caught on the Indo-Pakistan international border in Sri Ganganagar sector. Three bags dropped by drone from Pakistan were recovered, in which six suspected heroin packets were found, whose total weight including packing material is about six kilograms,” said a statement released by BSF on Sunday.
The statement further mentioned that BSF troops fired on the drone and used ILU bombs.
The search for two other smugglers who came from Punjab in a car is still on, although the car number PB 22U 6262 Punjab has been recovered, added officials.
Officials said that they recovered the suspected heroin and car.
The arrested smugglers will be handed over to the agency concerned for investigation.
In 2022, BSF Rajasthan frontier apprehended 50 intruders including 10 Pakistani intruders and two Bangladeshi nationals attempting to exit to Pakistan side, said officials last week.
Officials also said that two Pakistani intruders were killed last year while trying to infiltrate into India. They did not pay heed to the caution given by alert BSF sentry.
