AMRITSAR: BSF and ANTF recover large heroin consignment, nab smuggler on Indo-Pak border

AMRITSAR: Ina major breakthrough against cross-border narcotics smuggling, the Border Security Force (BSF), in coordination with the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTE) Amritsar, busted a huge consignment of heroin and a pistol, arresting an Indian narco-smuggler on the outskirts of village Beharwal, near the Indo-Pak border.

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Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the BSF and ANTF established a combined naka (checkpoint) and intercepted a suspicious motorcycle. ‘The driver, who is a resident of Beharwal village, was arrested on the spot. During a rigorous search, security officials seized a big bag filled with 23 packets of suspected heroin with a gross weight of 25.9 kg, along with a pistol and two magazines. Authorities also confiscated an iPhone 14 and the motorcycle involved in the smuggling attempt. Early indications are that the consignment was airdropped by drone from ove