Six Pak drones neutralised; 3 pistols, 1 kg heroin seized
BSF troopers neutralised five drones near the Modhe village in Amritsar on Wednesday night. They also seized four packets containing three pistols, as many magazines and a packet of heroin weighing 1.070 kg, said the official.
Early on Thursday, the BSF troops intercepted another drone near Attari village and recovered two magazines. In a separate operation, personnel of the force recovered pistol parts and a magazine from a paddy field near Dal village in Tarn Taran district.
In another incident, a private bus rammed into a vehicle carrying school children near the Chabbewal bus stand here on Thursday, resulting in a minor injury to a student, police said.
The vehicle carrying 30 students was on its way to the school in Handowal village when a bus belonging to a private transport company rammed into it, they said.
One student sustained minor injuries in the collision, a police official said, adding that they were investigating the matter.
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