SAA event in Punjab, Chandu Wadala in Gurdaspur District area, India on Fri 28th January 2022

A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was injured in an exchange of fire with Pakistani smugglers during a cross-border drug smuggling bid along the Indo-Pak border in an area under Border Outpost (BOP) Chandu Wadala in Gurdaspur District of Punjab on January 28, reports Daily Excelsior. The BSF foiled the cross-border drug smuggling bid and during the search operation, 47 packets of heroin and seven packets of opium were recovered, the BSF said. Besides, a Chinese made Norinco pistol with two magazines, 9 mm Pietro Beretta pistol with one magazine, 74 rounds of AK-47 with four magazines, 44 rounds of 0.3 calibre and 12 rounds of 9 mm were also seized by the BSF. A 15-feet-long plastic pipe was also recovered from the spot.