Drug peddler killed, 22kg heroin seized along Indo-Pak border

The BSF personnel noticed some movement along the Indo-Pak border near a Border Out Post, DIG BSF Gurdaspur Sector, N K Mishra said, adding, the firing started when the peddlers declined to surrender before the BSF inspite of repeated warnings. Three persons opened-fire on the personnel when they were challenged by the border guarding force. The BSF personnel also returned fire in which a peddler was killed and his accomplice was injured, Mishra said.

The deceased was identified as notorious drug peddler Tasvir Singh, a resident of border village Sahoor Kalan near Kalanuar town in Gurdaspur district. The injured peddler was admitted to Civil Hospital here and the third person was arrested and a case has been registered against him, he said.

Besides heroin, one pistol having 30 rounds of fire, three magazines, three mobiles, three Pakistani SIM cards and 20 gm opium was also seized from their possession, the DIG said. The peddlers were Indian nationals and had gone to the Indo-Pak border in the early hours today to retrieve the consignment sent by their Pakistani counterparts, a BSF official said. PTI COR SUN