Overview
- The Gurdaspur operation near Pakhoke Mahimara led to the detention of a Chheherta resident and the recovery of a pistol with a magazine, one live round, a mobile phone, cash, a motorcycle, and four packets of heroin totaling 11.08 kg including packing.
- The heroin was packed in four large bundles containing 20 smaller packets wrapped in yellow tape with illuminating strips and tied with nylon thread and hooks, indicating aerial-drop concealment methods.
- All seized items from the Gurdaspur case were handed over to the Dera Baba Nanak police station for legal action.
- In separate BSF actions, drones and smaller heroin consignments were recovered in Ferozepur and Amritsar, including a packet weighing 508 g near Barreke, two packets totaling 1.108 kg with two arrests near Dhanoe Khurd, and five packets weighing 2.660 kg near Rai.
- Punjab Police separately arrested five people in an alleged Pakistan-linked arms and narcotics network, seizing six pistols and about 1.01 kg of heroin, with FIRs registered in Amritsar and inquiries into handler links via social media and drones underway.