Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 10 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Tuesday foiled another smuggling attempt through a Pakistani drone, said BSF Punjab Frontier.

Vigilant BSF troops fired at the drone coming from Pakistan and brought it down. The drone was carrying nine packets, added the BSF.

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"Yesterday around 11.15 pm, our soldiers heard the humming of a drone flying over the fence and fired 9 shots toward the flying object, "said Amritsar BSF DIG B Singh.

"During the search, we recovered a hexacopter drone and seized around 10 kg of heroin. The drone was coming from the Pakistan side," he added. (ANI)

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