A drone carrying three kg of heroin was seized near India-Pakistan border in Punjab on Sunday.

According to reports, the Punjab Police and Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation, recovered the drone in Tarn Taran district.

Taking to Twitter, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said, “Carrying on the special drive against trans-border smuggling networks, Tarn Taran Police and BSF, in a joint operation have recovered a quadcopter drone with 3 kg heroin during a search in an area of PS Valtoha, Tarn Taran.”

Notably, a day before the BSF recovered about 25kg of heroin which was airdropped by a Pakistani drone in the state’s Fazilka district.

Carrying on the Special Drive against trans-border smuggling networks, @TarnTaranPolice & #BSF, in a joint operation have recovered a quadcopter drone with 3 Kg #Heroin during search in area of PS Valtoha, #TarnTaran (1/2) pic.twitter.com/3RzSCGLu9c