BSF foils Pakistan's attempt to air-drop weapons; ingressing drone sent back packing

Alert troops of Border Security Force (BSF) deployed along International Border in Gurdaspur district of Punjab foiled Pakistan’s bid to Air-Drop weapons. “At around 12:53 am, troops noticed a humming sound in air and as area was covered with fog and light was also noticed in sky; troops fired upon drone and it went back to Pakistan side. No bullet hit drone as it was flying high,” an official privy to development said.

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BSF foils Pak's attempt to air-drop weapons

“Though drone was pushed back in a timely fashion, we cannot rule out probability of weapon dropping and to rule out same, intensive searches have been launched in areas nearby International Border. We have also asked hes of villages to inform us in case y notice any suspect in area,” Official ded.

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This is second attempt by Pakistan in last 5 days to drop weapons using a drone in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. Earlier, on 19-20 December, Punjab Police mounted a search operation immediately after receiving information from BSF about drone movement across Indo-Pak border in Gurdaspur district. BSF personnel deployed at BOP Chakri in Gurdaspur sector h noticed a Pakistan drone entering Indian territory around 11:30 pm, and BSF troops immediately fired multiple shots in an attempt to bring down drone.

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A search and combing operation was mounted in area on Sunday morning, leing to recovery of a plastic box containing 11 Arges-84 Hand grenes from near Dhussi Bandh, in area of Salach village, PS Dorangla. box of hand grenes h been attached with a wooden frame and lowered from drone to ground with a nylon rope. Austrian in nature, Arges HG 84 series anti-personnel fragmentation hand grene, is a conventional hand grene system designed to inflict massive damage against soft targets within its blast rius, spraying shrapnel out to a distance of 30 meters at speed.

Barely 48 hours after recovery of 11 HG Arges 84 hand grenes, Punjab Police on Tuesday recovered an AK-47 rifle and a magazine with 30 live cartridges, evidently a part of same consignment that was dropped by Pak drone in BOP Chakri (PS Dorangala) area in Gurdaspur district on Sunday.

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