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Rajasthan: Narcotics dropped by Pak drone seized, four held

Villagers in the Khyaliwali area near the Indo-Pak border nabbed two suspected persons early Tuesday morning and informed the BSF

|Jun 08, 2022, 14:40:54 IST

Sriganganagar: The Border Security Force said it apprehended four persons and seized over three kilogram of narcotics substance dropped by a Pakistani drone in Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan.Villagers in the Khyaliwali area near the Indo-Pak border nabbed two suspected persons early Tuesday morning and informed the BSF, an official of the force said.On their information, two more persons were nabbed while they were escaping in a car, he said. The BSF personnel conducted a search operation and recovered four packets containing suspected heroin and weighing 3.6 kg. The accused, hailing from Punjab, had come to take delivery of the narcotics dropped by a drone, the official said.The accused, identified as Nirmal Singh, Ravindra Singh, Jaspreet and Lovepreet, are being interrogated, he said, adding a team of the Narcotics Control Bureau has also arrived for investigation.Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News,India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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