India, Nov. 21 -- The Border Security Force (BSF) in the last one year detected at least 1,816 drone sightings along the Indo-Pak border and 136 along the Indo-Bangladesh border, according to BSF's annual data for the period between November 1, 2024, and October 31, 2025.

The 1,952 drone sightings across the eastern and western theatres include instances of the same drones being spotted at different border points and flagged by border guards.

Since 2019, drug and arms smugglers based in Pakistan have been using drones to send drugs, arms and ammunition into India. A majority of these drone intrusions have been reported along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab. This year, the BSF's Punjab sector has shot down nearly 255 drones in the state. ...