The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday recovered 62 packets of narcotics, two pistols, four magazines and ammunition after foiling an infiltration attempt from Pakistan along the International Border (IB) in Jammu.
The infiltration bid by suspected smugglers was scuttled in Arnia space of R S Pura sector through the intervening evening of Saturday and Sunday.
The incident happened around 2 am when the suspicious movement of 3-4 persons was observed on zero line in the Pakistan side at the BSF border outpost, Budhwar who have been attempting to sneak into this facet underneath the quilt of darkness.
Inspector General of BSF, Jammu frontier, N S Jamwal said his force is shortly lodging a strong protest with Pakistan and expressed hope that stern action will be taken against those involved in the failed smuggling bid. Jamwal said it is for the first time that the anti-national elements used PVC pipe to hide the narcotics to facilitate its smuggling into the Union Territory. ‘Though it is for the first time in J&K but such type of modus operandi is in the knowledge of BSF which has successfully foiled similar attempts in Punjab over the years,’ he said.
Earlier, on September 14 and 15, BSF troops foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists from Pakistan at the international border of Samba.