3.6 kg heroin found hidden in camphor near Indo-Pak border

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Sep 23 2017 | 10:57 PM IST
A farmer and his son were today apprehended after over three kg of heroin was found hidden in a water camphor in their possession by the BSF troops at Karma Border Out Post in Ferozepur sector of Punjab, officials said.
Farmer Nirmal Singh and his son Gurjeet Singh, both residents of Narlie village in Tarn Taran district, went ahead of Border Security Fence with one water camphor for farming, they said.
But after a while a Kissan guard party deployed in the area found one more identical water camphor with the father- son duo, a BSF official said.
On checking the water camphor, it was found that its walls were filled with contraband heroin (about 3.6 kg) along with one Pakistani SIM card, he said.
Both the farmers have been apprehended, the BSF official said.

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First Published: Sep 23 2017 | 10:57 PM IST

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