The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police, in a joint operation, recovered a drone from the border village of Bharopal. Earlier, after getting information on Thursday morning, the BSF team recovered 360 grams of heroin in the border village of Daoke. In both cases, BSF has handed over the drone and heroin to the local police.

A BSF spokesperson confirmed that they were jointly patrolling with the police in the border village of Bharopal on Thursday (26 October) when information was received that a Pakistani drone was lying outside the village. Immediately after this, the force personnel, along with the police, started the search operation. At around 3 PM, the soldiers succeeded and recovered a Chinese-made quadcopter (model DJI Mavic-3 Classic) drone in the paddy field.

The spokesperson further said that earlier on Thursday morning, a contingent of the force had also recovered 360 grams of heroin in a bottle from Daoke, another border village located in Punjab. The soldiers patrolling the village got information about heroin in a field and started the search operation.

BSF recovers six kilograms of Heroin in Gurdaspur

Earlier this week, six packets of heroin were recovered in a joint search operation conducted by the Border Security Force and Punjab Police near Adiya Post in Gurdaspur. On the night of 22 October, a Pakistani drone was seen at the Adiya Post of Border Security Force’s Gurdaspur Sector.

After the Border security forces fired 21 rounds at the drone, it returned to Pakistan. Since then, the BSF and Punjab police have been continuously monitoring the area and conducting search operations in the area. During one of their search operations, a big packet wrapped in a plastic envelope was found in a field. On further investigation, six packets of heroin were found in the envelope comprising 6.279 kg. heroin.

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