SAA event in Punjab, Faridkot District area, India on Wed 23rd September 2026

Police on September 23 recovered an additional 6.7 kilograms of heroin during a follow-up search operation linked to a cross-border narco-trafficking module busted in Faridkot District on September 20, reports The Tribune. Four persons had earlier been arrested with 47.3 kilograms of heroin, three .30-bore pistols, three magazines and 15 live cartridges. The latest recovery was made during a joint search by the Punjab Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) near the India-Pakistan border, based on disclosures by the arrested suspects. According to investigators, the accused said part of the contraband consignment smuggled from Pakistan had fallen along the route while being transported. Acting on the information, security personnel searched the area and recovered the concealed packet.