Just three weeks ahead of the Punjab state election, the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) stopped a major cross-border drug smuggling bid and in that process, recovered 58 kg heroin after an exchange of fire with Pakistani smugglers along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district.
During the exchange of fire between the BSF and the narco-terrorists, one security personnel was injured, police said. The encounter took place early in the morning in an area under the border outpost, Chandu Wadala, and recovered A 15-feet-long plastic pipe was used to push the drugs.
As per information released by the BSF, head constable Gyan Singh sustained bullet injuries in his hand and head and after he was rushed to the hospital his condition is stable, it said.
Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Nanak Singh said the exchange of fire took place when the BSF troops spotted the Pakistani smugglers when they tried to push drugs through a pipe in the Indian territory.
In a statement, the BSF said its troops challenged the narco Jihadi smugglers after noticing some suspicious movement and the smugglers opened fire at the BSF team.
During the search operation, the BSF confiscated 47 packets of heroin, and seven packets of opium along with a Chinese made NORINCO pistol with two magazines, 9 mm Pietro Beretta pistol with one magazine, 74 rounds of AK-47 with four magazines, 44 rounds of 0.3 calibers, and 12 rounds of 9 mm were also seized by the BSF.
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