BSF seize contraband, fake currency in Punjab
March 27th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANSFazilka, March 27 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Sunday recovered two kg of heroin and Rs.500,000 in counterfeit currency from near the international border in this Punjab town, an officer said.
“During our regular patrolling, we have recovered heroin and fake currency from near the Bishambhar BOP (border outpost). So far no arrest has been made in this case,” Pankaj, BSF’s deputy inspector general (Punjab frontier), told IANS.
BSF troopers guard the 553-km international border in Punjab.
Fazilka town falls in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, around 250 km from state capital Chandigarh.
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