Chandigarh, May 20
The Border Security Force has shot down two drones near the International Border in the Amritsar Sector late on Friday evening and seized 2.6 kgs of narcotics.
“On May 19, at about 9.24 PM, BSF troops deployed in the depth area, heard the buzzing sound of a suspected drone and something being dropped in the fields near Rattan Khurd village of Amritsar district,” a BSF officer said.
As per the laid down drill, the troops immediately reacted to intercept the drone by firing at it, he added.
During subsequent search of the area, troops found a quadcopter, DJI Matrice RTK-300, alongwith a consignment containing two packets of suspected heroin attached to the drone by means of an iron ring.
