Border Security Force seizes heroin worth around Rs 10 cr in Punjab

The BSF on Tuesday seized 2 kg of heroin, worth around Rs 10 crore in international market, packed in two plastic bottles near Kalash Border Outpost in Ferozepur sector of Punjab.

“Jawans posted at the outpost during a search operation along the International Border found the two bottles each carrying 1 kg of heroin,” BSF Punjab Frontier IG Mukul Goel said.

He said the heroin seized is worth around Rs 10 in the international market. This year, about 8.9 kg heroin has been recovered by the force from the border area, Goel said.