Border Security Force (BSF) today claimed to have foiled a drug smuggling bid near International Border here and recovered about 5 kg heroin.
The incident took place on Wednesday evening after the BSFintelligence branch received credible information about an inter-border drugsmuggling in Suchetghar village of R S Pura sector, a BSF spokesperson said.
The BSF troops of 36 battalion carried out special searchoperation ahead of border fence along international boundary in the areaSuchetgarh and found a plastic bag containing around 5 kg heroin at Phalku Nalla, he said.
The heroin has an estimated market value near Rs 25 crore,he said.
“The place of recovery was approximately 100 meters ahead offence inside Indian territory. Area on Pakistan side of the internationalboundary is undulated with small nullahs and wild growth, which might haveprovided cover to smugglers to conceal the contraband,” the BSF spokespersoninformed.
He claimed that this was first such instance of attemptedsmuggling on the Jammu IB.
“Last year in December BSF had recovered 3 kilograms ofheroin on specific information of BSF Sunderbani from area manned by the Army,”he added.
“It is suspected that this consignment was to be taken toPunjab through local Indian smugglers working for Pakistani smuggling group runby notorious Pak smuggler Chaudhary Akram,” he said.