India News | Pistol Airdropped by Pakistani Drone Recovered Along IB in Punjab's Ferozepur
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A packet containing a pistol along with a magazine, airdropped by a Pakistani drone, was recovered from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Ferozepur district on Sunday, a BSF official said.
Chandigarh, Jan 12 (PTI) A packet containing a pistol along with a magazine, airdropped by a Pakistani drone, was recovered from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Ferozepur district on Sunday, a BSF official said.
The border security force personnel conducted a search operation after getting information about the presence of a suspected item, the official said.
"During a search operation at around 9 am, BSF troops successfully recovered two packets from a field near Tendi Wala village in Ferozepur district," the official said.
"One of the packets contained a Glock pistol with a magazine while the other had suspected heroin (548 grams). Both packets, wrapped in yellow adhesive tape and attached to an iron hook, are indicative of a possible case of drone dropping," said the official.
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On January 8, the BSF had recovered a packet containing a Glock pistol from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Amritsar district.
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