Highlights
- About 11 kg heroin seized by BSF from India-Pakistan border
- Search operation launched after information of smuggling by BSF
- Seizure of narcotics has taken place near Barke post of Indo-Pak border
- Heroin packet was also seized from Ferozepur sector on December 1
There is continuous supply of drugs from across the border in Punjab. Efforts are being made to break this web of drugs. With the activeness of the security forces, success is being achieved in bringing such cases to the fore. Different types of packets are used to enter the banned drugs from the Indo-Pak border. Now the security forces have caught this game of smugglers. Heroin worth Rs 55 crore has been confiscated once again on Saturday.
11 banned packets were found in a Border Security Force (BSF) search operation after receiving inputs of heroin smuggling in the Firozpur sector of the India-Pakistan border. Their weight is about 10.85 kg. The value of heroin kept in these packets is said to be around Rs 55 crore in the international market. BSF officials said that the BSF recovered the narcotic substance near the Barke border post. He said that the force had launched a search operation in the early hours during which this consignment of narcotics was recovered.
Already recovered
A special search operation was conducted by the BSF in the Ferozepur sector of Punjab on December 1. During that time BSF jawans had recovered about four kilograms of heroin from near the India-Pakistan border. Even during that time an attempt was made to deliver heroin across the border by filling it in packets. The BSF foiled this attempt of the smugglers. Once again a similar attempt was made.
Drugs angle has also come in Ludhiana blast
At present, the matter of drugs is catching a lot in Punjab. The drugs angle is also coming to the fore behind the blast in the Ludhiana district court premises. Records of former head constable Gagandeep Singh, who is alleged to be an accused in the blast, went to jail and lost his job two years ago for having links with drug smugglers. In the midst of this uproar, the case of drug smuggling on the Indo-Pak border has now become a subject of investigation.
Huge amount of heroin seized from India-Pakistan border in Punjab
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