India News | BSF Recovers Pakistani Drone from Punjab's Ferozepur
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Border Security Force along with Punjab Police in a joint operation on Sunday recovered a Pakistani drone in broken condition from Punjab's Ferozepur.
Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], October 22 (ANI): The Border Security Force along with Punjab Police in a joint operation on Sunday recovered a Pakistani drone in broken condition from Punjab's Ferozepur.
"On the night of October 21, 2023, at 2:15 am, the forward-deployed BSF troops intercepted the movement of a drone near Village Sanke, district Ferozepur. Further, on 22nd October 2023, a search operation with Punjab Police was carried - out behind of the Border fence," BSF added.
Meanwhile, during a search at about 12:45 pm, troops recovered a drone in broken condition from a farming field in the area falling near village Rao ke Hitar.
"After forward-deployed #BSF troops intercepted the movement of a drone, @BSF_Punjab and Punjab Police launched a joint search operation and recovered 01 Pakistani drones (assembled quadcopter) from a field, on the outskirts of Vill.- Rao Ke Hitar, Dist.- Ferozepur, Punjab," BSF posted on X (Formerly Twitter).
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The release further said that the recovered drone is a Quadcopter (Assembled).
"Yet another attempt of smugglers to smuggle narcotics via drone was foiled by coordinated and joint efforts BSF and Punjab Police," it said in a statement.
Earlier in the day, the Border Security Force along with Punjab police in a joint operation on Sunday recovered multiple packets of heroin and a drone battery from a paddy field near the Tarn Taran border in Punjab.
According to a release by BSF, during morning hours, on specific information regarding the presence of a consignment of contraband items, a Joint search Operation was launched by BSF and Punjab Police on the outskirts of Village - Mastgarh, District - Tarn Taran.
During the search operation, at about 8:55 am, 3 packets of Heroin (gross weight--approximately 2.916 kg) and a drone battery (5935 mAh) were recovered from a paddy field, the release said.
Earlier on October 20, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police, during a joint operation, recovered a drone in broken condition in Marimegha village in Punjab's Tarn Taran district.
During the search operation, at about 1:00 pm, a drone in broken condition was recovered.
The recovered drone was a quadcopter of the DJI Matrice 300 RTK model, which is 'Made in China', BSF stated. (ANI)
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