Early on June 27, Border Security Force (BSF) troops intercepted a Pakistani drone that had violated Indian airspace in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district. The drone was intercepted near Mehdipur village. A joint search operation was carried out with Punjab Police, and a hexacopter drone was recovered from a farming field in Bhura Kohna village.
On June 28, at around 1:09 am, BSF interepted the movement of a suspected drone near village Mehdipur, District Tar Taran. As per the laid down drill, BSF troops immediately reacted to intercept the drone,” said BSF Punjab Frontier. A joint search operation was carried out with Punjab Police on Wednesday morning after which at about 1:25 pm, a drone in broken condition was recovered from a farming field adjacent to the village Bhura Kohna,” the BSF stated.
The recovered drone is a Hexacopter. The BSF further said another Pakistani drone was recovered by joint efforts of the BSF and Punjab Police.
This is the second time in a week that BSF troops have intercepted a Pakistani drone in Tarn Taran district. On June 24, a quadcopter drone was shot down by BSF troops. On June 22, BSF troops in Fazilka district recovered a Pakistani drone along with two packets of suspected heroin.
The BSF has been on high alert in Punjab as there have been a number of drone sightings in the area in recent months. The drones are often used to smuggle drugs and weapons into India.
BSF has been successful in intercepting and shooting down several drones, but the threat remains. The force is working with other agencies to strengthen security along the border and prevent drones from entering Indian airspace.
The recovered drone was a Quadcopter of model DJI Matrice 300 RTK series. “BSF troops intercepted and brought down a Pakistani drone (DJI Matrice 300 RTK) that violated Indian airspace in Village Lakhana, Dist -Tarn Taran. Yet again, the nefarious designs of Pakistan have been foiled by BSF,” BSF Punjab Frontier tweeted.
“On specific information, alert BSF troops recovered a Pakistani drone (DJI Matrice 300 RTK) on June 22, during morning hours along with 2 kg (appx) suspected heroin near the international border in Jodhawala village of Fazilka district,” BSF Punjab Frontier said.
It further stated that once again the vigilant BSF troops had thwarted the nefarious attempts to smuggle contraband through drones.
