JAMMU: Suspected Pakistani drone retreats along border in J&K after BSF opens fire. Border Security Force (BSF) troops fired at a suspected Pakistani drone in Jammu & Kashmir's Samba district today, April 1.

A Border Security Force spokesman said that a blinking light of a "suspected" drone was noticed around 12.15 a.m. on the international border in Ramnagar area of Samba district. "Alert troops fired towards the blinking light after which the drone was forced to return," a BSF spokesman added.

The spokesman said  that more than two dozen rounds were fired at the drone but it managed to return to the Pakistan side of the border.

A massive search operation is going on in the area to find out whether any narcotics or weapons were air-dropped by the drone during its flight on the Indian side of the international border.

This is the second such incident in the past two weeks. Earlier, rhe BSF had fired at a Pakistani drone at the Chamliyal border post in Samba district on March 22, preventing it from flying into India.

As per security officials, Pakistan-based terror groups use drones to smuggle arms and narcotics into Jammu and Kashmir.

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