Drone with 3 kg heroin seized near India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran

CHANDIGARH, DEC 4: A drone along with three kg of heroin was recovered near the India-Pakistan border in Panjab’s Taran Taran district, a top officer of the state police said on Sunday.

The recovery was made in a joint operation of the  Panjab Police and Border Security Force.

“ Carrying on the special drive against trans-border smuggling networks, Tarn Taran Police and BSF, in a joint operation have recovered a quadcopter drone with 3kg heroin during a search in an area of PS Valtoha, Tarn Taran,’ said Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav in a tweet.

This comes a day after the Border Security Force recovered about 25kg of heroin, which was airdropped by a Pakistani drone in the Fazlika district.

On the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, a drone was found a field near the India-Pakistan border in the Tarn Taran district along with over 5kh of heroin, police said.

On Monday, two Pakistani drones, carrying around 10kg of heroin, were gunned down by BSF along the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar and Tarn Taran.

On Wednesday, a broken quadcopter drone was recovered from the area of Village van Tara Sing in Khalra in Tarn Taran.