Amritsar, May 11 -- Acting on precise intelligence, the Border Security Force (BSF) troops, in two separate operations, seized a packet of suspected heroin and a drone in Punjab on Sunday, dealing a blow to cross-border smuggling networks, according to officials.

In the first incident, BSF troops, in a joint search operation with Punjab Police, recovered one packet of suspected heroin weighing approximately 559 grams from a farming field near Rajatal village in Amritsar district during the afternoon, as stated in a press release.

In a subsequent operation, an extensive search by BSF personnel led to the recovery of a DJI Mavic 3 Classic drone from a harvested field adjacent to Gola Dola village in Gurdaspur district.

Earlier on May 6, ...