Fazilka (Punjab) [India], March 19 (HBTV): The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab police busted an illegal opium cultivation patch in Fazilka district on Monday and arrested one person in this connection. 

According to officials, approximately 14.470 kilograms of opium plants were uprooted by the police. 

During the joint operation, opium poppy cultivation was discovered in an agricultural field near Chak Khewa Dhani Bachan.

Earlier, on Monday, the BSF recovered a packet of suspected heroin weighing about 3.306 kilograms in Punjab's Tarn Taran district.

During the operation, troops recovered a suspicious black-colored bag near the Dargah of Bodal Saha Peer Baba, near Mehdipur village in the Tarn Taran district. 

Upon inspection, the bag was found to contain six white packets with gross weight of approximately 3.306 kilograms, suspected to contain heroin. A metal ring and four illumination strips were attached to the bag.

On March 17, during morning hours, an ambush party of the Punjab BSF heard the sound of what was suspected to be a flying object and the subsequent dropping of a consignment in the border area of Tarn Taran district. 

At approximately 5:05 am, vigilant troops recovered a packet suspected to contain heroin, weighing approximately 610 grams. The suspected narcotics were wrapped in yellow adhesive tape with a steel ring attached to it. 

This recovery occurred in a farming field adjacent to Naushera Dhalla village in Tarn Taran district. 

Following a detailed joint search operation by BSF and Punjab Police around 07:15 am, an individual hiding in a farming field near the narcotics recovery site was apprehended and is currently undergoing detailed questioning. 

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