Overview

• BSF downed six DJI Mavic 3 Classic drones during night-time operations between the evening of July 17 and early July 18 in Amritsar district.
• Troops recovered 1.744 kg of heroin from four drones near Pulmoran and 596 grams from a drone near Roranwala Khurd while neutralizing a sixth drone near Dhanoe Kalan.
• The new seizures bring this month’s total to 12 drones destroyed and over 7.5 kg of heroin intercepted along the Indo-Pakistan frontier.
• BSF officials credited vigilant personnel and advanced counter-drone systems for foiling Pakistan-based narco-terror networks’ aerial smuggling attempts.
• These operations form part of the Yudh Nashian Virudh campaign, which has logged nearly 20,000 arrests and recovered tens of kilograms of heroin since March 2025.