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2 Pakistani intruders shot dead by BSF

Pakistani intruders were trying to smuggle in heroin worth `60 crore into India, an AK-47 was also recovered from them

BSF officers showing 24 kilogram of heroin valued `120 crore in international market, recovered from smugglers in Amritsar on Saturday. Photo: PTI Premium
BSF officers showing 24 kilogram of heroin valued `120 crore in international market, recovered from smugglers in Amritsar on Saturday. Photo: PTI

Amritsar: Two suspected Pakistani intruders were shot dead in Amritsar by security personnel in the early hours on Sunday as they were trying to smuggle in heroin worth 60 crore into India, a day after 24-kg of the contraband was seized following a similar operation near the border.

Confirming the killing of two intruders at border outpost Rattan Khurd, Border Security Force (BSF) DIG R.P.S. Jaswal said that an AK-47 assault rifle, too, was recovered from the intruders along with 12-kg of heroin.

Jaswal said that the duo were challenged by BSF personnel and were repeatedly asked to surrender, but they ignored the warnings and kept marching towards Indian territory while firing at the troops. That invited retaliation from the jawans and, during the exchange, the intruders were shot dead, he said.

Thereafter, after undertaking a comprehensive search at the spot, BSF recovered the drugs and the weapon from near the bodies of the two intruders, who are yet to be identified. BSF said it may investigate who the Indian contacts were for whom the intruders had brought the drug consignment and the rifle.

A Pakistani smuggler carrying 24-kg heroin was on Saturday shot dead by BSF troops near Ajnala village on the Indo- Pakistan border in Amritsar. The intruder had tried to enter Indian territory near a border outpost at Majhmian, Jaswal had said, adding that 24-kg heroin with a street value of 120 crore was recovered from near his body.

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Published: 29 Mar 2015, 11:47 AM IST
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