7 kg heroin recovered in Gurdaspur sector: BSF

Batala: The Border Security Force on Monday recovered 7 kg of heroin from Gurdaspur sector early Monday morning.

BSF personnel of 38 Battalion led by head constable Sukhdev Raj noticed some movement near the fencing along with the Indo-Pak International border, DIG BSF PS Bains told the media persons.

The BSF personnel challenged the intruders who fled away from the spot after leaving a consignment of 7 kg heroin in one kilo each packets, which was thrown from across the border in a pipe, DIG said.

The consignment valued Rs 35 crore in the International market, he said, adding, they also recovered 100 gms of popy husk from the border.

PTI