AMRITSAR: There were several firsts for the Border Security Force (BSF) in Punjab Frontier on Monday night. Not only the two women constables of BSF shot down a Pak drone, but for the first time two enemy drones were brought down in a single night, and for the time BSF shot down over 7 feet wide drone carrying 6.5 kg heroine.
Giving details, BSF Inspector General (IG), Punjab Frontier, Asif Jalal informed that two women constables namely Preeti and Bhagyashree who were posted on duty at Border out Post (BoP) Dariya Mansoor which falls under 73rd Battalion of BSF in Amritsar district heard the buzzing sound of drone intrusion on November 28 following which they opened fire at the drone with their Insas rifle. “The bullet hit at one of the Pak drones' wings and it lost balance and fell down about fifty meters from the border fence,” he said. BSF recovered around 3 kg of heroin following the search of the area.
