2 kg heroin seized from field along Indo-Pak border in Amritsar

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Press Trust of India Amritsar
Last Updated : Aug 19 2018 | 8:25 PM IST

In a joint operation by Narcotics Control Bureau and Border Security Force (BSF), two kilogram heroin was seized from an agriculture field along the Indo-Pak border here.

Confirming the seizure here today, a BSF official said that on a specific information, a comprehensive search operation was launched at forward location of Indo-Pak border near Kakkar post where two kilogram of heroin was retrieved from the agriculture field.

He said that drug consignment was smuggled to India from Pakistan and investigation was on to find out the receiver of the drug on the India side.

So far, no one was arrested in this regard, he added.

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First Published: Aug 19 2018 | 8:25 PM IST

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