15kgs heroin seized near Indo-Pak border

Published by Metro India News Online on August 03, 2016 16:32:32 PM
Indo-Pak border

Border Security Forces (BSF) on Tuesday reportedly seized 15 kg heroin and a 10-foot-long plastic pipe of contraband suspected to be heroin near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Ferozepur.

Pakistani smugglers were spotted by the BSF and challenged to stop, but they continued and opened fire, BSF officials said. However, the smugglers managed to escape amid firing, he added.