Overview
- Officials reported recovering about 6.4 kg of heroin and three drones, including an assembled hexacopter, in coordinated actions across Fazilka, Amritsar and Tarn Taran.
- Two suspects were detained near Tahliwala in Fazilka, and police named suspected facilitator Balwinder Singh after a house raid yielded 10 heroin packets and a China-made pistol with magazines and cartridges.
- BSF teams neutralised multiple consumer drones — DJI Mavic 3 Classic, Mavic 4 Pro and Air 3/Air 3S — using technical countermeasures guided by intelligence inputs.
- Separate recoveries included a DJI Air 3 carrying pistol parts near Chak Allabaksh in Amritsar and a Mavic 4 Pro with 1.065 kg of heroin near Dhani Phoola Singh in Fazilka, along with a hexacopter seized in Tarn Taran.
- On Wednesday, BSF also reported three additional drone recoveries and 557 grams of heroin in operations in Ferozepur and Tarn Taran as investigations under the NDPS and Arms Acts continue.