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BSF thwarts major narcotic smuggling bid; three Pak intruders killed along IB in J&K’s Samba

BSF personnel displays narcotics recovered from three Pakistani smugglers who were shot dead by alert troops along the border, in the Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, Feb. 06, 2022. (Source: PTI)

Three Pakistani intruders were gunned down on February 6 by the BSF as it scuttled a major narcotic smuggling attempt and recovered 36 kg heroin worth crores of rupees along the International Border in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

This was the fourth narcotic smuggling bid foiled by the BSF troops along the border this year, while a total of nine Pakistani intruders were eliminated in various such attempts in the past one year, Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF), Jammu frontier, D.K. Boora said.

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