500 gm heroin seized near international border

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 9

In yet another seizure, the Border Security Force today confiscated around 500 gm of high-quality heroin concealed in the Daoke border outpost area on the Indo-Pak border here.

DIG, BSF, Amritsar sector, JS Oberoi, said jawans carried out a search operation near the Daoke border outpost area following some suspicion and recovered two packets of heroin (around 250 gm each) from agricultural fields ahead of the barbed fence.

He said due to high wheat crop across the border fence, anti-national elements, including heroin smugglers, make every effort to sneak in contraband and other prohibited material. However, alert jawans foiled their attempt and made the recovery. Earlier, the BSF had seized 5 kg of heroin from the same border outpost on April 3.

Oberai said earlier this year, the BSF seized over 64 kg of heroin, besides 1.50 kg of opium from the international border.