BSF foils drug smuggling attempts via drones; recovers heroin, drone
Ferozepur, February 16, 2025: Acting on specific information of the BSF intelligence wing regarding the smuggling of drugs by drone at two different places in Ferozepur and Amritsar border area. The BSF troops rushed to the suspected area and carried out extensive search operations.
Based on reliable information of BSF intelligence set up, on the intervening night of 14th & 15th Feb 2025, a special ambush was laid by the BSF troops at the suspected dropping zone of the drone coming from Pak to India side to drop the narcotics consignments. Subsequently, the ambush Party recovered 2 packets of suspected heroin (Gross weight- 1 Kgs) from a farming field adjacent to the village- Dona Rahmat Wala of district Ferozepur. The narcotics were dropped by the drone in two sorties coming from Pakistan to India. The packets were wrapped with yellow adhesive tape along with a nylon loop and a small torch also attached to the packets.
In another incident, the BSF intelligence wing shared information about the presence of a drone with narcotics consignment in the border area of the Amritsar border. During a search on the morning of 16th Feb 2025 at about 07:05 am the BSF troops recovered 01 drone DJI Mavic 3 Classic along with 01 Packet (Gross weight- 550 Grams) of suspected heroin from a farming field adjacent to the village - Roranwala Khurd of district Amritsar.
Reliable input from the BSF intelligence wing and technical interception coupled with prompt action of BSF troops once again foiled the nefarious designs of narco-syndicates from across the border.