The Border Security Force (BSF) said that a Pakistani drone was recovered near the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) in Punjab’s Amritsar district on Sunday evening. The drone was recovered from the outskirts of Hasimpur village in Amritsar district following specific information by the BSF.
It said, “During a search on July 16 at around 5:10 pm, BSF personnel recovered a drone (hexacopter) from a field adjacent to Hasimpura.” The force further said that the alert BSF jawans once again foiled the nefarious attempts of smugglers to smuggle drones.
Earlier on July 9, a joint team of BSF and Punjab Police recovered another Pakistani drone near the India-Pakistan international border in Amritsar district on Sunday morning. The drone was recovered from the outskirts of Kakkar village in Amritsar following a search operation launched by BSF and Punjab Police on specific information.
In a similar incident, a drone was shot down by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Indo-Pak border near Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district, officials said. The drone was found on Friday night during patrolling in Gharsana border area of the district. BSF DIG Pushpendra Singh Rathore said that the BSF personnel fired indiscriminately at the drone and it crashed.
(With inputs from ANI)
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