In Rajasthan, police intercepted a drone carrying ₹50 crore worth of heroin from across the border, leading to the arrest of five individuals involved in a cross-border drug trafficking operation.
Around 10 kg of heroin dropped by a drone from across the border in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district has been seized, officials said on Friday.
Five persons have been arrested, Ganganagar SP Harishankar said, adding that the seized heroin is estimated to be worth about Rs 50 crore.
The consignment was dropped near village 2 KND along the India-Pakistan border using a drone on Thursday.
Acting on intelligence inputs, police and BSF launched a joint search operation and cordoned off the area. Three suspects -- Gurpreet Singh, Kirtan Singh and Sonu Singh, from Punjab -- were intercepted while trying to flee towards Punjab and were later arrested.
Besides the three Punjab residents, two locals -- Ranjit Singh and Ramesh -- were also arrested, the officials said.
Preliminary investigation suggests the involvement of an interstate drug trafficking network that procures narcotics via drones from across the border and supplies them to other states.