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700 gm heroin seized near Indo-Pak border, farmer arrested

Updated on: 14 July,2018 11:28 PM IST | Ferozepur
PTI |

During checking, a packet of heroin was found hidden inside the cavity of speedometer of the vehicle, driven by one Manoj Singh (30) of Kamalwala village, the official said

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A farmer was nabbed by BSF personnel along the India-Pakistan border fencing in Punjab's Ferozepur district after 700 gram of heroin seized from his tractor, a BSF official said on Saturday.

During checking, a packet of heroin was found hidden inside the cavity of the speedometer of the vehicle, driven by one Manoj Singh (30) of Kamalwala village, the official said.

The seizure was made when jawans of the BSF who were performing gate management duty across the border security fence near border outpost (BoP) Kulwant along the international border, the official said.

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