Tarn Taran : On 11 May 2024, acting on intelligence provided by the BSF intelligence wing regarding the presence of narcotics consignments at two different locations in the border area of Tarn Taran district.
Joint search operations were conducted by BSF in collaboration with the Punjab Police in the suspected areas. In the first search operation, a packet of suspected heroin weighing 2.175 kilograms was recovered at approximately 7:30 pm from a farming field in the village of Sankatara in Tarn Taran district.
The narcotics were wrapped in yellow adhesive tape, and one steel hook and three illuminating sticks were found attached to the packet.
Additionally, at around 7:45 pm, another packet of suspected heroin weighing 569 grams was recovered from a harvested field adjacent to the village of TJ Singh in Tarn Taran district.
Similar to the first packet, the narcotics were wrapped in yellow adhesive tape, and one metal ring with three illuminating sticks was found attached to the packet.
Thanks to reliable information from the BSF intelligence wing and the coordinated efforts of BSF troops and the Punjab Police, desperate attempts to smuggle heroin into Punjab from across the border were successfully foiled.
This information gave BSF Punjab on their X handle.