Ferozepur: 3 kg heroin recovered near Indo-Pak border

Ferozepur: Three packets of heroin with street value of Rs 15 crore was seized by the BSF personnel near the India-Pakistan border here Saturday morning, officials said here.

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The packets, each containing one kg of the contraband, were hidden in a tyre tube which was covered with water hyacinth, they said.

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The Border Security Force sleuths, who were patrolling the Sutlej river area in a boat, recovered heroin near Shameke border outpost at 7 am, they added.

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Street value of a drug is the price for which it is sold illegally to its users.