Punjab News: In Gurdaspur, Punjab, BSF foiled a major conspiracy of Pakistan last night (January 1). Another incident of violation of Indian airspace by a suspected Pakistani drone came to light in the border area of Punjab. BSF personnel fired at a Pakistani drone at Kalampur border post in Gurdaspur and forced it to return to the Pakistani side.
BSF DIG Prabhakar Joshi said in a statement that Border Security Force (BSF) personnel spotted a Pakistani drone at Kalampur border post on Sunday, January 1 at around 10.10 pm. After which BSF jawans of 89 battalion started firing. He told that 20 rounds and three light bombs were fired at the drone, after which the drone went back to Pakistan.
316 kg of drugs seized
According to BSF, in the last three days, this is the third incident of Pakistani drone being sighted in the Indian border and due to the firing of the soldiers on duty, it has returned to Pakistan. It was told by the BSF that in 2022, the jawans had caught a total of 22 drones. Apart from this, last year BSF also seized a total of 316 kg of drugs and killed two Pakistani intruders on the Punjab border.
BSF DIG Prabhakar Joshi further informed that the troops of Punjab Frontier have maintained a very high level of alertness, as a result of which BSF has successfully detected and intercepted 22 drones and recovered 316.988 kg of heroin, 67 weapons, 850 rounds and Killed two intruders. He said that Pakistani infiltrators and 23 Pakistani citizens have also been caught in various incidents.
311 drones seen in 2022
The Border Security Force is responsible for the security of the 553 kilometer long difficult and challenging India-Pakistan international border of the Punjab Frontier. Data collected from various security agencies has revealed that there has been a three-fold increase in drone sightings along the India-Pakistan border in the last year.
Unmanned Drones (UAVs) have emerged as a major source of smuggling of arms and ammunition as well as drugs into India. Along with this, drones were seen in different areas of Punjab and were within 2-10 kilometers of the international border. According to the data, out of 492 UAVs or drones seen on the India-Pakistan border from January 1, 2020 to December 23, 2022, 311 were seen in 2022 alone, while in 2021 the figure was 104.
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