Overview
- Two yellow packets weighing about 5.300 kg were recovered from farmland near Bidipur and Border Outpost Jatinder after a drone was spotted crossing from Pakistan.
- Police registered a case under NDPS provisions, with searches continuing to identify those tasked with retrieving the consignment and to map the supply network.
- BSF DIG Chiter Pal described the recovery as a significant interception, while Jammu SSP Joginder Singh detailed the joint cordon and first-light search that led to the find.
- Accounts differ on lab verification, with one official citing FSL confirmation of heroin and other reports describing the haul as a suspected or heroin-like substance.
- The Jammu seizure follows separate BSF operations in Punjab over the weekend that yielded more than 4 kg of heroin, two drones, and pistols in the Amritsar–Ferozepur belt.