Pakistan drug smugglers skirt border fence with drones
Intelligence sources confirmed to TOI that recently smugglers were found using a drone in a border village in Gurdaspur.

Sources in the intelligence wing of BSF confirmed to TOI that recently smugglers were found using a drone in a border village in Gurdaspur. A plastic bag, believed to be packed with narcotic substances, was tied to the drone and was flying at a height of around 200 metres.

When detected, the drone quickly flew back into Pakistan without delivering its package, but it was enough to alert BSF authorities about the latest modus operandi of the smugglers. The drone was noticed near the border outposts of ‘Saharan’ and ‘Chandigarh’.
Post-seizures, smugglers look for new ways
According to the senior BSF officials, this is the second innovative method adopted by the smugglers in recent months. Using trained scuba divers to carry contraband across the border through the riverine gaps in the Satluj and Ravi is the other method that is being tracked.
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