The Border Security Force (BSF) have shot down and recovered a made-in-China drone near the International Border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district on Monday evening. The drone had one packet which was suspected to be Narcotics.

The BSF troops intercepted the movement of a drone on October 2 near Kalsian Khurd village, according to a BSF officer.

"Further, during search Operations carried out ahead of the Border fence, BSF troops recovered a drone which is a Quadcopter (Model - DJI Matrice 300 RTK, made in China) and the gross weight of the recovered narcotics is 2.7 Kg," BSF said in a release.

"Yet another attempt of smugglers to smuggle narcotics via drone foiled by vigilant BSF troops," it added.

During search operations ahead of the border fence, troops discovered a drone as well as a huge polythene-wrapped packet from a paddy field, he added.

The recovered drone is a Chinese-made Quadcopter DJI Matrice 300 RTK.

According to an official statement issued on Friday, the Border Security Force (BSF) found a drone and a bottle containing heroin from paddy fields near Amritsar's Rajatal village. The heroin weighed 0.545 kg, according to the statement.