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Narcotics, ammunition seized along Pak border

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Press Trust of India Amritsar
BSF troops today seized six packets of narcotic drugs, a pistol and ammunition from an area along the Indo-Pak border.

Officials said the seizure was made early this morning by a Border Security Force patrol from the Bhikiwind sector of the Amritsar frontier.

The seized items included six packets of heroin, a pistol and a loaded magazine which was placed inside a pipe by suspected smugglers, a senior official said.

The BSF is on alert along the border in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls in the country.

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First Published: Mar 26 2014 | 11:11 AM IST

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