Amritsar (Punjab)

Punjab Police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), in a joint operation with Border Security Force (BSF), has recovered approximately 12.050 Kg of suspected heroin near Village Dalleke, Police Station Lopoke in Amritsar district on Tuesday.

The breakthrough followed intelligence inputs about drone activity in the area. A case is being registered, and investigators are working to establish connections and identify those involved.

According to the DGP, Punjab Police, the recovery was made following specific intelligence inputs about suspicious drone activity along the border. Acting swiftly on the information, ANTF and BSF successfully seized the suspicious package.

Preliminary assessments suggest that the recovered substance is suspected heroin, and further investigation is underway to track down the narco-smuggling racket.

A case is being registered, and further investigation is currently underway.

Based on an X post from DGP Punjab Police, they are using technical evidence, including drone-related inputs, along with human intelligence, to identify those involved in distributing the narcotics.

Punjab Police reiterated its firm resolve to counter drone-based narco-smuggling and dismantle organised drug networks operating in the border belt.

In early December, BSF also carried out several successful operations along the Punjab border and seized heroin, opium, and a drone equipped with pistol parts.

They conducted these operations after receiving reports of suspected aerial movement.

The operation in agricultural fields near Daoke village, Amritsar, led to the recovery of two large packets of heroin weighing a combined 6.641 kilograms, wrapped in yellow adhesive tape with illuminating sticks and metal loops attached. On inspection, the packets contained 12 smaller white poly packets filled with the narcotics.

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In a separate operation near Mahawa village, Amritsar, BSF personnel recovered a packet of opium weighing 429 grams from a field.

Meanwhile, in Tarn Taran, a suspected drone movement was noticed along the border. A BSF and Punjab Police team recovered a DJI Air 3 drone carrying pistol parts from farmland near Dal village.