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BSF foils narcotics smuggling bid at IB in Jammu, Pak intruder shot

By IANS | Updated: August 25, 2022 08:45 IST

Jammu, Aug 25 The BSF on Thursday foiled a major narcotics smuggling bid at the International Border (IB) ...

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Jammu, Aug 25 The BSF on Thursday foiled a major narcotics smuggling bid at the International Border (IB) in Jammu's Samba area during which a Pakistani intruder was also shot and injured, officials said.

According to the BSF officials, troops noticed suspicious movement of a person near the IB from Pakistan side carrying a bag in the early hours of Thursday.

"The troops immediately fired at the intruder and injured him. Upon searching the area, eight packets (about 8 kg) of narcotics, likely to be heroin were recovered near the IB. The injured smuggler managed to crawl back to the Pakistani side. Blood stains of injured muggler found," the BSF said.

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