♋Punjab Police on Monday said it seized 11 hand grenades, suspected to have been dropped by a drone flying in from Pakistan, from a field near the International Border (IB) in Gurdaspur district.
The consignment was found in a field in Salach village, located about 1 km from the border, in Gurdaspur district, Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Rajinder Singh Sohal told PTI.
ওThe grenades were hidden in a box and it was attached to a wooden frame, he said, adding the recovery was made on Sunday evening.
༺Sohal said the Border Security Force (BSF) had noticed the movement of a drone on the intervening night of December 19 and 20.
ඣ“We conducted a search operation with the BSF personnel on Sunday and recovered the grenades,” he said.
💃The first incident of dropping arms and weapons through drones from Pakistan came to light in Punjab in August 2019 when police recovered AK-47 rifles, magazines, ammunition, hand grenades, fake currency and other items in Tarn Taran district. Since then, there have been a number of instances when security forces seized arms and ammunition dropped by drones flying in from across the Pakistani border.
