JAMMU: Police have seized a packet containing narcotics allegedly dropped by a drone from across the border in Jammu & Kashmir's Kathua district.
Locals alerted police Tuesday about a packet, suspected to have been dropped by a drone, being found in the fields of a village in Hiranagar town. A joint team, including Special Operations Group (SOG) and BSF personnel, recovered the packet, which was found to contain 400 grams of narcotics, police said.
The area was cordoned off and searches were conducted for any other items likely to have been airdropped. An FIR has been registered in the case, they said.
This is the second time in four days that narcotics dropped by drone has been seized from a border area in Jammu. On July 26, police seized 500 grams of heroin that was airdropped by a Pakistani drone in the Chillyari border village of Samba district.
Locals alerted police Tuesday about a packet, suspected to have been dropped by a drone, being found in the fields of a village in Hiranagar town. A joint team, including Special Operations Group (SOG) and BSF personnel, recovered the packet, which was found to contain 400 grams of narcotics, police said.
The area was cordoned off and searches were conducted for any other items likely to have been airdropped. An FIR has been registered in the case, they said.
This is the second time in four days that narcotics dropped by drone has been seized from a border area in Jammu. On July 26, police seized 500 grams of heroin that was airdropped by a Pakistani drone in the Chillyari border village of Samba district.
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