Drone Carrying 5kg heroin recovered near international border in Punjab: Know Details

A drone was recovered from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district carrying 5 kg of heroin, police said on Friday.

The hexacopter, an unmanned aerial vehicle with six rotors, was found in a joint operation by the Punjab Police and the Border Security Force.

''Tarn Taran Police in a joint search operation with BSF have recovered a hexacopter drone equipped with modern technology & packets containing heroin weighing 5 kg from fields near the Indo-Pak border,'' Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav tweeted.

Earlier, on November 28, two Pakistani drones were gunned down by the BSF along the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts.

The hexacopters were carrying around 10 kg of heroin which were recovered by the BSF troops.