Amritsar (Punjab) [India], December 21 (ANI): In a joint operation, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police recovered a drone on Wednesday at the outskirts of Village-Roranwala Khurd, District-Amritsar.

"During evening hours, on specific information from Punjab Police, regarding the presence of a drone, a Joint search Operation was launched by BSF and Punjab Police on the outskirts of Village-Roranwala Khurd, District - Amritsar," read the BSF release.

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Further, during the search operation, at about 08:00 pm, troops recovered a drone from the farming field adjacent to Village-Roranwala Khurd, Amritsar.

The recovered drone is a Quadcopter (Model-DJI Mavic Classic 3, made in China).

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Yet another attempt of smugglers to smuggle narcotics via drone was foiled by joint efforts of BSF and Punjab Police, the statement from BSF added. (ANI)

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