NEW DELHI/AMRITSAR: A drone that entered into India from
Pakistan has been shot down near the international border in Punjab by the Border Security Force (
BSF), an officer said Thursday.
The unmanned aerial vehicle was downed by firing at 8 pm on Wednesday near the Harbhajan border post in the Ferozepur sector of Tarn Taran district.
BSF troops fired "heavily" taking aim of the drone.
It was was recovered lying in a farmland on Thursday morning when a search of the area was conducted, a BSF spokesperson said.
The search is continuing to find if the drone dropped any consignment, he said.