BSF today seized 3.5 kg of heroin smuggled from Pakistan having street value of Rs 17.5 crore near Uddhar Dhariwal border outpost here.
BSF DIG Punjab Frontier R S Kataria said suspicious movement was observed ahead of border security fence Border Out Post Uddhar Dhariwal shortly past midnight.
A search operation was carried by BSF troops and they recovered four packets weighing 3.5 kg of the contraband near the fence, he said.
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Meanwhile, police in Phagwara arrested a drug peddler and seized 255 gram of heroin, with street value of Rs 1.25 crore, from him.
Accused identified as Satinder was arrested during a routine checking near Maheru village here last night.
A case under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, was registered against accused.