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The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police have seized heroin, arms, and ammunition from the state's Gurdaspur district.
According to a statement by the BSF, on January 25-26, based on specific information, a joint raid was conducted by the teams of the BSF and the Special Task Force (STF) of the Punjab Police on the house of a suspect in Gurdaspur's Deriwal Kiran village.
"Further, during the search, the party recovered six small plastic boxes suspected to contain heroin (gross weight - approximately 100 grams) along with 13 live rounds of .32 bore," the statement said.
Furthermore, based on another lead, at about 4:30 am, another raid was conducted at the house of another suspect in Gurdaspur's Uppal village which led to the seizure of one gun (PAG type), 10 rounds of 0.32 bore and one pistol, the statement said.
In the joint raid by the BSF and the Punjab Police, two people were also arrested.
Earlier last year, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police recovered three packets of heroin as well and a drone from a paddy field on the outskirts of Rajatal village in the state’s Amritsar district.
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