Amritsar

Border Security Forces shot down a drone that entered India in Punjab's Amritsar sector from the Pakistan side on the International Border in the late hours of Monday.

A senior BSF officer said that the drone (Quad-copter DJI Matrice) was spotted at 8.30 pm near Chhana village in Amritsar by BSF troops on patrolling duty. They immediately opened fire and it was shot down.

According to BSF officials, two packets of contraband drugs of 2.5 Kg were recovered with the drone.

The central government recently shared the input from the security forces deployed at the India-Pakistan border to maintain such illegal attempts from the Pakistan side.

A total of seven drones have been shot down by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in recent times both along the Punjab as well as the Jammu international border.

Officials in the BSF told ANI that drones are being used by Pakistan's side to transport weapons, explosives and narcotics across the international border in Jammu and Punjab from Pakistan.

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It is learnt that the group behind the transportation of weapons, explosives and drugs is Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and other terror outfits which have camps across the International Boundary and are backed by ISI.