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44 kg heroin, 3 kg ICE seized in Punjab-BSF joint op
Punjab Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) have recovered 44.5 kg of heroin and 3 kg of methamphetamine (ICE) in a joint operation near Gajniwala village in Ferozepur. The consignment was…
Punjab Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) have recovered 44.5 kg of heroin and 3 kg of methamphetamine (ICE) in a joint operation near Gajniwala village in Ferozepur. The consignment was dropped by a drone from across the border, according to Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav.
The operation was launched based on specific intelligence from the Counter Intelligence wing, which picked up drone movement near the Indo-Pak border. Police and BSF teams conducted a cordon and search operation in the fields and recovered the drugs.
A case has been registered under the NDPS Act against unknown persons at the State Special Operations Cell in Fazilka. Investigations are ongoing to trace the cross-border smuggling network and identify both the handlers and the intended recipients.
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Punjab remains the primary conduit for heroin smuggled from Pakistan, with drones increasingly used to bypass ground-level surveillance along the 553-km border. The NDPS Act provides for life imprisonment for commercial quantities of heroin, which is anything above 250 grams. The state's anti-drug special task force has logged 132 drone-linked seizures in the past 18 months, according to Punjab Police data. The recovery of ICE, a synthetic drug with rising domestic demand, signals shifting smuggling patterns. The investigation will now focus on tracing the consignment's onward supply chain, typically through local couriers to distributors in Delhi and other cities. The Ferozepur sector has been a hotspot for such drops, the BSF and Punjab Police conduct joint CASO operations there regularly.
Source: newindianexpress.com
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