Ferozepur (Punjab): The Border Security Force (BSF) in Punjab on Tuesday claimed to have seized a suspected heroin packet near the border area of Ferozepur district of Punjab.
Officials sources said that acting on inputs from the BSF Intelligence Wing, troops recovered the packet on January 28, around 5:20 PM from a farming field in Lakha Singh Wala village, a statement said.
The recovered packet, weighing 500 grams, was wrapped in white adhesive tape and came equipped with two radium sticks and an improvised plastic hook. These features indicate a likely attempt to smuggle narcotics using a drone, a method increasingly employed by cross-border syndicates, it said.
The proactive efforts of the BSF continue to thwart attempts by Pakistani narco-syndicates to smuggle drugs across the border, it said.