Punjab CM lauds drug seizure by BSF in Gurdaspur sector

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has written to Border Security Force Director General Surjeet Singh Deswal, expressing his appreciation for seizure of a huge cache of drugs by personnel of BSF’s 10th Battalion in Gurdaspur sector.

CM also recommended that all members of BSF team involved in recent seizure of 60 kg of heroin should be rewarded for ir success.

"But for alertness of jawans and prompt action reafter, a huge cache of drugs would have entered Indian market and severely impacted lives of many Indians,” said Singh in a statement here.

exemplary action of 14-member BSF team involved in operation to save nation's youth from clutches of drugs deserves to be commended, CM said.

He said BSF personnel t only displayed exceptional alertness but also risked ir lives while battling strong current in river Ravi.

BSF on July 19 had seized 60 kg of heroin from Ravi river that flows along India-Pakistan international border in Gurdaspur.

contraband was found in 60 packets concealed in long fabric cloth tubes and tied to a bunch of water hyacinth floating in river. consignment was pushed into river from Pakistan to Indian side. 

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