Punjab Police in joint operation with the Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered a parcel containing three packets of Heroin, weighing three kilogram, and 0.30 bore pistol along with magazine and five live cartridges from the border area of village Mianwal in Tarn Taran.
The consignment was airdropped by Pak-based smugglers using a drone from across the border, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab, Gaurav Yadav on Friday.
He said on information provided by a civilian on hearing drone movement in Indo-Pak border in Khemkaran area on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, police teams from Tarn Taran district immediately shared the pin-pointed inputs with the BSF and jointly launched a combing operation in the area, which was within the radius of one kilometer from the Indo-Pak border.
“On deep checking of the surrounding fields, police and BSF teams have successfully recovered the consignment of three kilogram heroin and a pistol along with ammunition from the area of Mianwal,” the DGP said.
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This recovery came a day after the Punjab Police arrested a juvenile after recovering 15 packets of heroin, weighing 15 kilogram, and Rs 8.40 lakh drug money from his possession during a special naka at Ram Tirath Road in Amritsar.
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This consignment was also airdropped by Pak-based smugglers using a drone and the accused was going to deliver after retrieving the parcel from the border area of village Kakkar in Amritsar.
Sharing more details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tarn Taran Gurmeet Chauhan said that investigations are on to ascertain the identity of the Pak smugglers, who sent the consignment via drone, and also their Indian associates, who were to receive this air-dropped consignment.
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