BSF seizes heroin from Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur

Rozana Spokesman

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The Border Security Force (BSF) seized around 10 kg of heroin worth about Rs 50 crore from Pakistan on the Indo-Pak border on Friday.

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The Border Security Force (BSF) seized around 10 kg of heroin worth about Rs 50 crore from Pakistan on the Indo-Pak border on Friday.

Pakistani drug smugglers tried to illegally transport heroin over BSF’s 29th battalion checkpoint.

The BSF soldiers spotted the smugglers in the fog but they managed to escape. On investigating the area, the soldiers found 10 packets of heroin weighing 10 kilograms each. 

The BSF and Punjab Police Special Task Force (STF) arrested two people and seized over 10 kg of heroin, which they had allegedly hidden in Ferozepur district near India-Pakistan border, an official said.

Ten packets of heroin, weighing 10.5 kg, were dug out of a field between the international boundary and border security fence, he added.