New Delhi: The Border Security Force intercepted the fifth Pakistani drone in four days, which had entered India to drop a consignment of drugs from the International Border (IB) in Punjab. A spokesman of the force gave this information on Tuesday. He said that the flying object was dropped at around 9 pm on Monday night in Amritsar sector in Bhaini Rajputana village of Amritsar district. The spokesperson said the BSF recovered a black colored drone, a quadcopter made ‘DJ Matrice 300 RTK’, with 2.1 kg of suspected heroin attached through an iron ring. A small torch was also attached to the drone in the switched-on position so that drug smugglers could trace the consignment and pick it up from Indian territory, he said.
This is the fifth interception of a “rogue” unmanned aerial vehicle on the Punjab border since May 19. There were a few more incidents of soldiers picking up drone buzz over the past four days, but nothing more could be established. officials said. BSF personnel shot down two drones and intercepted the third last Friday. A BSF spokesperson had said that the third drone fell in Pakistani territory and could not be recovered.
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A drone that “violated Indian airspace on Saturday night (May 20) was intercepted by firing in the jurisdiction of Amritsar sector” and the force recovered 3.3 kg of suspected narcotics hanging beneath it .
Punjab shares an over 500-km front with Pakistan, which is guarded by the BSF, and drones and unmanned aerial vehicles flying into India from the neighboring country with payloads of drugs and arms and ammunition have been a concern for security agencies. has become the subject of Last three-four years.