Punjab Police and the BSF recovered five pistols, ammunition and 2.44 kg of heroin in separate joint operations in Ferozepur, intensifying efforts to crack down on cross-border drone-based smuggling.
In a major success against cross-border narcotics smuggling, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police have seized 27 kilograms of heroin in a joint operation conducted near the India-Pakistan international border.
The Border Security Force recovered a large cache of weapons, including an AK-47 rifle and 25 pistols, in Punjab's Amritsar district during an intelligence-based operation. An Indian national has been detained and is being questioned.
India is determined to have secure borders and will not compromise national security at any cost. Speeches of the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister during the recently concluded elections have highlighted this determination and resolve.
The group had been sheltering in the open near the zero line in the Berubari after efforts to facilitate their return to Bangladesh ran into difficulties.
Meanwhile, the BSF foiled a gold smuggling attempt and arrested a farmer with 1.2 kg of gold worth Rs 86,00,471 at the India-Bangladesh border.
The BSF apprehended a suspected smuggler while conducting an ambush in Fazilka district on Saturday night, the BSF stated in a press release.
Besides, in order to reach out to counterpart up to Border Out Posts and company level, both the border guarding forces, have had around 83 flag meetings at various levels in last 3 days.
A Bangladeshi smuggler was killed in retaliatory firing by Border Security Force (BSF) jawans in West Bengal’s Malda district in the wee hours of Monday.
A leader of the student organisation of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party, the Awami League, was arrested from a village near the India-Bangladesh border in Murshidabad.
