Over 4 kg heroin, pistol recovered near Indo-Pak border

Chandigarh: More than four kilogram of heroin was seized by the BSF and Punjab's Special Task Force (STF) from an area along the Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur sector, an official said.

The seizure was made after the BSF received an information from the Amritsar-based STF, a BSF official said.

During the search operation, a 9 mm pistol, three magazines, 56 rounds and eight packets of heroin, weighing 4.5 kg, were found buried in a field near the Lakha Singh Wala Tent border outpost, the official said.