India News | BSF Shoots Down Drone at Village Near Indo-Pak Border
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a Pakistani drone which arrived in Indian territory at a village near the Indo-Pak border here, officials said on Sunday.
Amritsar, May 28 (PTI) The Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a Pakistani drone which arrived in Indian territory at a village near the Indo-Pak border here, officials said on Sunday.
According to an official statement, at around 9.30 pm on Sunday, BSF troops heard the buzzing sound of a drone in village Dhanoe Khurd in Amritsar.
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The troops immediately shot down the drone.
"During subsequent searches of the area, BSF troops recovered a drone from the fields of the village," it said.
Meanwhile, the troops also saw three people running towards the village and caught hold of one of the suspects along with a bag containing a narcotics consignment of three packets having a gross weight of 3.4 kg.
An iron hook and four luminous strips were also found attached to the consignment, it said.
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