SSP Swapan Sharma said during patrolling, an informer told the police that cross-border smugglers was likely to drop contraband through an unmanned aerial vehicle near a religious shrine in the fields of Kakkar village.
“Around 4am, the patrolling party of the police fired at the humming sound of the drone in the Lopoke area.
He said later a joint search operation, led by DSP Parvesh Chopra, was launched along with the Border Security Force.
The police have registered a case under Sections 21, 23, 28 of the NDPS Act and Sections 10, 11, 12 of the Aircraft Act against unknown persons.
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