BSF seized 517 kg heroin in Punjab

BSF personnel guarding India's international borders along Pakistan in Punjab shot dead eight drug smugglers and intruders in separate encounters in 2020 and seized 517 kg heroin and 43 weapons, as per official data released on Friday. A total of 13 Pakistanis and one Bangladesh national were also arrested during the year, as per the data provided by BSF's Punjab Frontier headquarters regarding its achievements in 2020 while manning the 553-km tough and challenging India-Pakistan border in the state. In a humanitarian gesture, the Border Security Force handed over six Pakistanis to the Pakistan Rangers after they had inadvertently crossed the international border. (IANS)

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