A joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police led to the recovery of a Pakistani drone carrying heroin in the Amritsar district on Wednesday.
Acting on intelligence inputs, the security forces carried out search operations in the farming fields of Mode village near the international border.
They succeeded in retrieving a drone with a packet containing 519 grams of heroin attached to it using tapes and metal rings.
According to an official BSF statement on Thursday, the drone has been identified as a Chinese-made DJI Mavic 3 Pro model quadcopter.
The successful recovery has once again highlighted the persistent attempts by cross-border smugglers to use drones for transporting narcotics and arms into Indian territory.
However, the continued vigilance of border guarding troops has managed to foil these bids frequently.
Just a day earlier, BSF patrol teams also detected another China-manufactured drone from agricultural land in Roranwala Khurd village during area domination exercises.
Several drone sightings have been reported in recent months along the India-Pakistan border as security forces crack down on this new modus operandi for smuggling.
The border force has been taking several measures to tighten surveillance and counter the emerging aerial threat from across the border.
