Drone carrying heroin shot down 

A drone carrying five kg of heroin was shot down by the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police in a joint operation near the India-Pakistan international border in Amritsar on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday recently.
Amritsar Rural senior superintendent of police (SSP) Swapan Sharma said upon noticing the drone movement near the Indo- Pak border on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, police teams from Amritsar Rural district shared the inputs with the BSF and jointly conducted an intensive search operation in the area of village Kakkar, which was just 2km away from the international border.
He said the police teams fired at least 12 shots from AK-47 and shot down the drone. The SSP said it was a hybrid six-winged drone, worth Rs 10 lakh and was assembled with parts manufactured in the USA and China. The drone was equipped with hi-tech features, including long-lasting battery backup and infrared-based night vision camera and GPS system, he said. Swapan said police had rounded-up two people from the spot when they were trying to escape adding the Investigations were on to ascertain the identity of the Pak smugglers, who sent the consignment via drone, and also their Indian associates, who were to receive this air-dropped consignment of heroin.