‘Eight kg of narcotics, likely to be heroin, were recovered. A Pakistani smuggler was shot at but he managed to crawl back to Pakistani side,’ said public relations officer, BSF Jammu.
FP Staff
August 25, 2022 10:05:01 IST
Eight packets containing about eight kg of narcotics, likely to be heroin, were recovered, said public relations officer, BSF Jammu. ANI
Jammu: BSF troops posted in Jammu on Thursday foiled a major bid to smuggle narcotics through International Border (IB) and shot at a Pakistani intruder in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Thursday.
“Eight kg of narcotics, likely to be heroin, were recovered. A Pakistani smuggler was shot at but he managed to crawl back to Pakistani side,” said public relations officer, BSF Jammu.
Confirming the incident, SPS Sandhu, DIG BSF, Samba, said around 2 am the troops noticed suspicious movements of a man near the Chilliyari border outpost and fired at him due to which he returned.
“Last night around 1.50 am our team noticed the movement of a person. He came near the fence. Our party fired and shot him and due to this, he returned. We have recovered 8 packets, suspected to be heroin,” said SPS Sandhu, DIG BSF, Samba.
With inputs from agencies
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