Amritsar, June 30 -- Border Security Force (BSF) troops recovered a country-made firearm and a packet of heroin in two separate operations along the Punjab border, an official statement said.

In the first incident, personnel on patrol recovered one rusty, country-made arm with a live round in its chamber from a field ahead of the border fence near Salach village in Gurdaspur district during the morning hours.

Earlier, a search operation last evening near Roranwala Khurd village in Amritsar district yielded a partially damaged packet of suspected heroin weighing 203 grams.

Officials credited precise intelligence and swift BSF action for thwarting additional cross-border arms and narcotics smuggling attempts.

On June 27, acting on credi...