3-kg heroin seized at Indo-Pak border

PK Jaiswar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 27

With zero visibility on the Indo-Pak border in Attari, there has been a spurt in the attempts of pushing in drugs and arms by anti-national elements supported by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from across the border.

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday confiscated around 3 kg of heroin from the Attari border.

The BSF said the alert jawans thwarted nefarious designs of cross border smugglers of sneaking in drugs in the area of the 71 Battalion of BSF. The jawans seized 3 packets containing just over 3-kg heroin.

Jawans also recovered around 12-ft long plastic pipe near Burj border outpost falling under Bhindi Saida police station on Saturday. The pipe bearing a marking of made in Pakistan was found on the Indian side of the border.

A case has been registered against unknown smugglers in this connection.

Immediately, a search operation was carried out by the BSF and the Punjab Police. Sniffer dog was also pressed into service for zeroing in on the suspects.

The police located footprints in the fields and a pair of gloves from the spot. Therefore, forensic teams were also called on the spot.

“There is high probability that the contraband was sneaked into this side of the border by cross border smugglers. Further investigations are underway,” said Attari Deputy Superintendent of Police Gurpartap Singh Sahota.

Earlier, the BSF had seized two such PVC pipes from the electrified barbed fence at Daoke and Rajatal area on December 14. The police had registered two separate FIRs in this connection and had taken several people into the custody for investigations. As no recovery was made, cases were still under investigation.