Chandigarh, June 27 -- Acting on credible information by the BSF intelligence wing, the BSF troops in collaboration with the Anti-Narcotic Task Force, Amritsar and the Punjab Police apprehended 5 individuals and seized a heroin packet in two separate operations, officials said on Friday.

According to an official release, on Thursday, June 26, based on specific information about a narcotics delivery by local miscreants near Khasa, a joint team of BSF and ANTF, Amritsar, deployed a surveillance team near the suspected area.

"As the team observed the exchange of a suspicious packet between a motorcycle rider and an individual in a car, it acted swiftly and apprehended 2 suspected smugglers and seized 1 packet of suspected heroin (Gross wei...