Amritsar, April 14 -- Troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a drone and a packet with a pistol and ammunition in Punjab's Amritsar district, an official said.

"Today in the afternoon, subsequent to the interception of a drone movement on the border area of district Amritsar by the vigilant BSF troops, technical counter measures deployed on border were immediately activated, resulting in neutralization of the drone. Further, a search operation by BSF was conducted to trace out the fallen drone," Public Relations Ofifcer (Punjab Frontier) said in a release.

"At about 02:50 pm, the BSF troops successfully recovered 01 Drone (DJI Mavic 3 Classic) and a packet attached to it wrapped in yellow adhesive tape, upon opening which, ...