The Border Security Force intercepted a fifth Pakistani drone within the final 4 days. (Representational)
Jalandhar:
The Border Security Force intercepted a fifth Pakistani drone within the final 4 days that intruded into India from alongside the International Border in Punjab to drop a medicine consignment, officers mentioned on Monday.
The newest drone was “downed” within the Amritsar sector. The Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered the big black-coloured drone with a payload of suspected narcotics hooked up beneath it, they mentioned.
The amount and high quality of the consignment is being ascertained, the officers added.
This is the fifth reported interception of a “rogue” unmanned aerial car alongside the Punjab border since May 19.
A number of extra situations of troops choosing up the buzzing sound of a drone have been reported during the last 4 days however nothing extra could possibly be established, the officers mentioned.
The BSF troops shot down two drones and intercepted a 3rd alongside the entrance on Friday (May 19). A BSF spokesperson had mentioned the third drone fell into Pakistani territory and couldn’t be recovered.
A drone that “violated Indian airspace on Saturday evening (May 20) was intercepted by firing within the jurisdiction of the Amritsar sector” and the power recovered 3.3 kilogrammes of suspected narcotics that was slung below it.
Punjab shares an over 500-kilometre-long entrance with Pakistan that’s guarded by the BSF and drones and unmanned aerial automobiles retreating from that nation into India with medicine and arms and ammunition payloads have turn into a matter of concern for safety businesses during the last three-four years.
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