Pakistan’s drone carrying over 4 kgs of suspected contraband shot down by BSF in Punjab

BSF recovered a small green bag, four packets in yellow wrapping, and a small black packet of suspected contraband items along with the drone

PGurus Newsdesk

March 7, 2022

BSF recovered a small green bag, four packets in yellow wrapping, and a small black packet of suspected contraband items along with the drone

BSF shoots down Pakistani drone carrying contraband in Punjab’s Ferozpur

On Monday the Border Security Force (BSF) officials said that its alert troops shot down a drone that came from the Pakistan side in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector.

According to the BSF officials, the forward-deployed troopers heard the humming sound of a suspicious flying object around 0255 hours coming from the Pakistani side to the India side in the Ferozepur sector.

As soon as the humming sound was heard, all the troopers were alerted and they fired on the flying object and also illuminated the area by firing Para bombs and the drone was shot down. The suspected flying object was a quadcopter made by DJI Matrice 300 RTX.

The BSF personnel found that a small bag (green coloured) was attached to the drone which contained four packets in yellow wrapping and one small packet in black colour wrapping was recovered. It is suspected to be contraband.

The gross weight of the contraband items was found to be around 4.17 kgs (with packing material) and 250 gm of black colour wrapping.

India’s border guarding force has been working on anti-drone technology in collaboration with the Defence Ministry research wing DRDO and soon will have the anti-drone technology to prevent the entry of quadcopters into the Indian territory from the Pakistan side.

This is not the first time that the hostile neighbour has tried to send contraband into Punjab and Jammu sectors. In the past too, the BSF shot down a drone in the Jammu sector, which was carrying arms and ammunition whereas, in the Punjab sector, the flying quadcopters were used to smuggle drugs and narcotics.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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