Jammu, October 27, 2025 – Dawn patrols in Jammu’s RS Pura sector turned into a major win for the Border Security Force (BSF) and J&K Police this morning, when troops recovered a whopping 5.3 kg of heroin – valued at over Rs 25 crore – from a drone-dropped consignment, foiling a brazen smuggling bid from across the International Border. The haul, spotted around 5 AM in fields near the fence, came in a single packet slung by a Pakistani quadcopter that buzzed in last evening, October 26, around 8 PM, as confirmed by BSF officials in a 10 AM briefing at their RS Pura outpost.
The joint op, triggered by intel on drone activity, saw BSF jawans and local police combing 2 km of farmland, nabbing the package before it could be picked up. “This is a high-value hit – pure heroin, street price Rs 5 crore per kg,” DIG BSF Jammu Frontier Shishir Kumar said, adding that the drone, a DJI Mavic model, was downed nearby, marking the 15th such recovery in Jammu this year. No arrests yet, but sketches of suspected handlers from nearby villages are circulating, with a manhunt underway.
For RS Pura’s border communities, where the IB’s wire is a stone’s throw from daily life, this bust feels like a shield against a creeping curse. The sector, hugging the zero line, has seen 20 drone incursions in 2025 alone, up from 12 last year, often tied to PoK networks amid that side’s unrest (nine dead in protests last week over 38 demands). August’s floods here damaged 150 homes and flooded fields, making smuggling easier in the chaos. A local Sikh farmer from Suchetgarh, spotting the drone hum last night, tipped off the BSF by 9 PM: “We can’t lose our youth to this poison – floods took our crops, don’t let drugs take our kids.” By noon today, Muslim herders in Ghagwal, 100 strong at a village tea stall, shared relief: “This haul saves our boys from the needle.” Hindu traders from Arnia, loading goods at 1 PM: “Borders are our livelihood; clean them of this filth.”
The recovery, the biggest in RS Pura since 2023’s 3 kg bust worth Rs 15 crore, underscores the drone menace – 200 intercepted nationwide this year by BSF, carrying 287 kg heroin overall.