Heroin worth Rs 60 crore seized

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 13

The BSF seized 12 kg of heroin, worth Rs 60 crore in the international market, near the India-Pakistan border today.

“We seized 12 packets of the contraband near the border fence. The area is manned by 88 Bn, BSF, Amritsar sector. A 13-foot-long PVC pipe was also found there. It was probably used to push packets across the border. No arrest has been made so far,” a BSF official said.

On December 17, 2020, two attempts of heroin smuggling from across the border were foiled in the Amritsar sector.