BSF shot down a Pakistani drone on 7 March 2022. It was carrying 4kg contraband
BSF shot down a Pakistani drone on 7 March 2022. It was carrying 4kg contraband
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The Border Security Force is continuously working to develop counter-drone and anti-tunnel technologies to effectively check cross-border drugs and arms smuggling and terrorist infiltration bids along the India-Pakistan border, force chief Pankaj Kumar Singh said on 3 June.

The BSF director general said the force has shot down a total of 7 drones over the last six months (December 2021-May 2022) and has detected three underground tunnels along the Pakistan border between January, 2021 to May, 2022.

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Singh was speaking during an investiture ceremony and the annual ‘Rustamji Memorial Lecture’ of the border force.