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| BSF seizes Rs 125 cr heroin at Indo-Pak border | | | Early Times Report
Jalandhar: In a major haul, the biggest this year, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Tuesday seized 25 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 125 crore from the Indo-Pak border in Gurdaspur sector.
On a tip off, special pickets were formed to neutralise Pakistani smugglers' aim to transport narcotics to India, Jagir Singh Sran, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of BSF said here.
He said in wee hours this morning, some movement was noticed on the border and the intruders were challenged by sleuths of the BSF.
Sensing danger, smugglers from the Pakistan side fled towards their territory and their Indian counterparts, who had virtually received the consignment, which was pushed through a concealed pipe to this side of border, also ran away leaving behind 25 packets carrying one kilogram heroin each. This is the third successive attempt in last few days by smugglers to push the contraband to the Indian side.
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