BSF intercepts Pakistani drone in Punjab's Fazilka district
Jul 13, 2024
Fazilka (Punjab) [India], July 13 : The Border Security Force (BSF) troops intercepted a Pakistani drone intruding in the border area of the Fazilka district of Punjab on Saturday.
The troops immediately fired on it and activated technical counter-measures to neutralise the illicit drone. The movement of the drone was tracked and an extensive search operation by BSF troops along with SSOC Fazilka was carried out in anticipated dropping zone.
The search operation culminated in the recovery of a drone along with a suspected packet at about 05:30 am. The packet was wrapped in yellow colour packing material. A metal ring and a small plastic torch were also found attached to the packet.
In addition to this, three pistols and seven empty pistol magazines were found inside the packet. This recovery took place in a farming field adjacent to village Maharsona in district Fazilka.
The recovered drone has been identified as a China-made DJI Matrice 300 RTK.
This achievement underscores the dedication and resolution of BSF to spare no efforts in maintaining the sanctity of Nation's borders.
Earlier on July 11, the BSF recovered a pistol and a small amount of heroin in Punjab's Tarn Taran district.
"On 11th July 2024, based on a specific information of BSF intelligence wing regarding presence of a suspected packet in the border area of district Tarn Taran, BSF troops along with Punjab Police rushed to the suspected area and carried out an extensive search operation," an official press release said.
It added that during search operation at 09:30 am, the troops successfully recovered 01 pistol body (without upper slide & barrel) and 01 empty pistol magazine wrapped in a yellow colour adhesive tape.
