The incident took place in the wee hours of the morning along the Barreke post in Firozpur sector of the IB where the Border Security Force and and the special task force of the Punjab police laid an ambush to intercept cross-border drug smugglers and infiltrators.
"Ambush (team) located two Pakistani smugglers approaching stealthily towards the fence after crossing the IB into the Indian territory," a senior BSF officer said.
The body of the smuggler, 10 kg of drugs suspected to be heroin, one Chinese pistol and a magazine, 17 bullets, Pakistani currency worth Rs110, 2 mobile phones, 3 Pakistani mobile phone SIM cards, a plastic pipe and some other items were recovered from the ambush spot, he said.
Meanwhile, in another incident, the border force apprehended a 30-year-old Pakistani national, a resident of Lahore, from the Maharsona border post in the Fazilka district of the state late last night.