BSF recovers China-made drone in Punjab's Tarn Taran
Jul 20, 2024
Tarn Taran (Punjab) [India], July 20 : The Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Saturday carried out a counter-drone drill during morning hours and recovered a Chinese-made drone.
Consequent to the observation of the movement of a drone in the border area of the Tarn Taran district in Punjab, a search operation was launched by the BSF.
"At about 11:20 am, the troops successfully located and retrieved the fallen drone from a field ahead of the border security fence near Khemkaran village in Tarn Taran district," the BSF said in a release.
The recovered drone has been identified as a DJI MAVIC 3 Classic, manufactured in China.
Earlier on July 13, the BSF troops intercepted a Pakistani drone intruding into the border area of the Fazilka district of Punjab.
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 the 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.
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 one pistol body (without upper slide & barrel) and one empty pistol magazine wrapped in a yellow colour adhesive tape.
