FEROZEPUR: In a joint search operation, the
Border Security Force (
BSF) and state special operation cell (
SSOC) of
Punjab Police thwarted a heroin smuggling bid by Pakistani smugglers and seized 3.45kg of the contraband near
Gatti Yaru border outpost (BOP) in
Abohar sector on Friday.
Acting on specific information, a joint team of the 169 Battalion of BSF and SSOC carried out a special search operation in the Gatti Yaru BOP between border security fence and the International Border (
IB). The team recovered three packets of heroin from a field. Officials said the seized contraband was valued at Rs 15 crore in the international market.
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