Face2News/Amritsar/Jalandhar(MOREPIC1)
During early morning hours on Wednesday, forward deployed BSF troops heard suspected sound of something thrown over the border fencing near International Border in the area falling near village – Bharopal, under Amritsar district.
Further, during a thorough search of the area, 04 packets of narcotics wrapped with yellow adhesive tape were recovered from the farming field on own side of border fencing. In one of these packets, a carton containing 50 rounds of 9mm ammunition was also recovered.
The gross weight of suspected narcotics substance is 2.060 Kgs, valued Rs. over 10 crores in international market
BSF spokesman from Jalandhar Punjab Frontier HQ, said, Vigilant BSF troops, once again foiled the nefarious attempt of anti – national elements to smuggle contrabands.
