Ten smugglers were also shot down in gun battles between them and security personnel, said Ajay Kumar Tomar, Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF), Punjab Frontier.
"Last year, 322 kgs of heroin worth Rs 1,610 crore in the international market was seized by the BSF personnel. Fake Indian currency having a face value of over Rs 52 lakh was also recovered from the smugglers," Tomar said.
Of the 10 killed, three were Pakistan nationals, two were infiltrators and three from India, he added.