BSF recovers weapons dropped by Pak drone

Jammu/New Delhi, May 14

The BSF on Friday recovered an AK-47 rifle, a pistol and some ammunition dropped by a Pakistani drone from the border belt of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The drone is suspected to have flown back into the Pakistani territory after it dropped the consignment, officials said.

Congratulating the troops, IG, BSF Jammu, NS Jamwal termed the recovery as a “big achievement”, and said the force is ever alert and vigilant on the International Border (IB) to thwart away the nefarious designs of Pakistan.

“BSF troops carried out a search operation in the Samba sector. At about 1215 hours, the troops recovered an item wrapped in a yellow-coloured polythene bag in a field,” a BSF spokesperson said.

After taking due precautionary measures, the packet was opened and one AK-47, one pistol, one magazine, 15 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, one wooden frame, used to attach the payload with the drone, and wrapping material were recovered, the spokesperson said.

The Border Security Force guards the India-Pakistan International Border. He said the recovery was made at a distance of 250 metres from IB inside Indian territory.

The efforts of alert BSF troops deployed in multi-tiered grid have once again resulted in neutralizing the designs of Pakistan, the spokesperson said. Officials said this was the same area where a tunnel was detected on November 22 last year. — PTI/TNS