Amritsar: An encounter broke out between drug traffickers and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel near Chandu Wadala post in Gurdaspur on the Indo-Pak border in Punjab this morning. In this encounter, one patient was injured and admitted to a hospital in Amritsar for treatment. The soldiers have recovered 47 kg of heroin, arms and ammunition from the spot. The heroin recovered by the soldiers is said to be worth crores of rupees in the international market.

It is said that at 5:15 a.m. today, seeing the commotion on the border, the BSF jawans deployed there started an investigation and asked the people entering the border of India to stop. The intruders opened fire at it. After this, the BSF personnel also fired several rounds, which led to an encounter between the two sides for a long time. At present DIG BSF Prabhakar Joshi said that the entire incident is being investigated.

Officials said BSF personnel foiled the attempt of the Pakistani smugglers and recovered 47 packets of heroin, 7 packets of opium, 44 rounds of 0.30 calibre, 1 Chinese pistol, 2 magazines, one Beretta pistol, 4 magazines of AK-47. After the encounter, BSF and Punjab police personnel have launched a search operation in the entire area.

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