Dera Baba Nanak police and the BSF recovered pistols and heroin during a joint search near the border. The consignment was reported to have been dropped by a Pakistani drone.Police said The land from where the weapons consignment was recovered belongs to a person identified as Lakha Singh.Gurdaspur, Punjab,Nov 10, 2026 22:20 ISTSecurity agencies recovered three .30-bore pistols, 50 live cartridges, six magazines and nearly one kilogram of contraband heroin during a joint search operation by the police and the Border Security Force (BSF) in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.The contraband, suspected to have been dropped by a Pakistani drone, was recovered from agricultural fields near the India-Pakistan border, prompting an investigation to identify the intended recipients, police said.The operation was conducted in the fields of Talwandi Goraya village in the Dera Baba Nanak area following specific intelligence inputs.Confirming the recovery, Station House Officer (SHO) Ashok Kumar said the police and BSF jointly launched a search of the area on the basis of secret information.
During the operation, security personnel recovered three .30-bore pistols, 50 live cartridges, six magazines and 970 grams of heroin.According to the SHO, the consignment was allegedly delivered through a Pakistani drone. He added that attempts to push weapons and narcotics into Indian territory from across the border were frequently being reported.
The land from where the consignment was recovered belongs to a person identified as Lakha Singh.Investigators are now trying to establish who was supposed to collect the weapons and heroin and whether the recovery is linked to a larger cross-border smuggling network.A case has been registered, and further investigation is underway. The BSF and Punjab Police are continuing search operations in the border belt to trace any additional consignments or individuals connected with the suspected smuggling attempt.The recovery comes amid a series of operations by Punjab Police against suspected cross-border arms and narcotics smuggling networks, allegedly operating with the assistance of handlers based in Pakistan or other foreign locations.In a recent operation on October 27, Punjab Police's Counter Intelligence unit in Amritsar busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module and arrested three persons.Ten foreign-made sophisticated .30-bore pistols, along with magazines, were recovered.Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said preliminary investigations suggested that the accused were in contact with a foreign-based handler who facilitated illegal arms consignments.The weapons were allegedly being supplied to criminal elements through an organised distribution network.In another recent case, Amritsar Rural Police arrested a 28-year-old truck driver, Navjot Singh, from Tarn Taran and recovered an AK-47 rifle, nine live cartridges and two hand grenades.Police alleged that he was procuring weapons at the direction of foreign-based smugglers.The latest recovery in Gurdaspur adds to concerns over the use of drones to push weapons and narcotics across the international border.Investigators are now focusing on identifying the intended recipients and tracing the handlers behind the consignment.- EndsInputs by Bishamber Bittu