Suspected drone-dropped packet with drugs recovered in Jammu border belt

Security forces in Jammu district recovered a suspected drone-dropped packet containing narcotics, believed to be heroin, after a local resident spotted it in a field.

Security forces on Wednesday recovered a suspected drone-dropped packet containing suspected narcotics from the border belt of Jammu district, official sources said.

The packet was recovered from Bahadurpur Panchayat in the Bishnah area after a local resident spotted it while tilling his field, they said.

On receiving information, teams of the Border Security Force (BSF) and police rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area, they said.

The packet was seized and a forensic science laboratory (FSL) team was called to examine its contents, they said, adding the recovered material is suspected to be heroin.

Further details are awaited.