Heroin, weighing 3 kilograms, seized from a farm near Village Machiwara, Ferozepur, Punjab, August 13, 2023.
Credit: X/@BSF_Punjab
A drone was recovered from a well near the International Border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district on Sunday, a BSF official said.
He also said in separate incidents, over three kilograms of heroin was seized from Ferozepur and Amritsar.
Acting on a tip-off, the Border Security Force (BSF) troops and the Punjab Police officials conducted a joint search operation on the outskirts of Lakhna village in Tarn Taran on Sunday. During the search, they recovered a drone (quadcopter), which was kept in a plastic bag in a well, in a broken condition, he said.
'On specific input, @BSF_Punjab and @PunjabPoliceInd recovered 03 packets of heroin, gross weight 3 kgs appx, from a farming field near Village Machiwara, #Ferozepur, Punjab,' the BSF said on X, formerly Twitter.
The BSF troops also recovered 530 grams of heroin from Dhanoe Kalan village in Amritsar district, the official said.