Tarn Taran, April 2 -- The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police recovered over 548 grams of heroin from the border area of the district Tarn Taran, officials said on Wednesday.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs, Border Security Force (BSF) troops, in coordination with Punjab Police, conducted a search operation in the border areas of Tarn Taran district.

During the operation, which concluded at around 2:36 PM, security forces recovered a DJI Mavic-3 Classic drone along with a packet of suspected heroin weighing 548 grams from the border village of Dode in the Tarn Taran district, a statement from the BSF said.

The narcotics packet was wrapped in yellow adhesive tape and had a steel ring attached to it.

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