Amritsar, June 8 -- Continuing its seizure spree, the BSF troops, acting diligently on a credible intelligence, launched an extensive search operation and successfully recovered one pistol in the morning hours of Sunday, according to a press release.

The weapon was seized from an irrigated paddy field in rusted condition. The recovery took place adjacent to the village of Havelian in Amritsar and is presumed to have been dropped a few days ago.

The swift and decisive action by BSF troops, based on precise information, successfully thwarted one more attempt by cross-border terror elements to smuggle the weapon into Punjab for terrorist activities.

Earlier on June 7, BSF and the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) conducted a well-coordinat...