Punjab Police recovers 11 grenades near International Border in Gurdaspur

Punjab Police on Monday said it seized 11 hand grenades, suspected to have been dropped by a drone flying in from Pakistan, from a field near the International Border (IB) in Gurdaspur district.

The consignment was found in a field in Salach village, located about 1 km from the border, in Gurdaspur district, Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Rajinder Singh Sohal said.

The grenades were hidden in a box and it was attached to a wooden frame, he said, adding the recovery was made on Sunday evening.

Sohal said the Border Security Force (BSF) had noticed the movement of a drone on the intervening night of December 19 and 20.

“We conducted a search operation with the BSF personnel on Sunday and recovered the grenades,” he said.