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Heroin Recovery

Punjab: BSF recovers eight suspected heroin packets near India-Pakistan border

| @indiablooms | Nov 16, 2021, at 12:19 am

Ferozepur, Punjab/IBNS: Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday said its members have recovered eight packets of contraband, suspected to be heroin, near the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) track in the Ferozepur sector in Punjab, according to media reports.

The BSF troops deployed at Border Outpost Pachharian recovered the packets on Sunday night from a paddy field close to the IB track.

"The recovery was made in alignment in between Border Pillar (BP) 180/3 - 180/4," the Force  was quoted as saying by ANI.

The security officials said the recovered items were in the shape of sticks.

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