These drones, sources said, flew over the border and flew back after dropping consignments at Rajoke.While Punjab Police's probe has reportedly found that GPS-fitted drones, with capacity to lift up to 10 kg, carried out seven or eight sorties from Pakistan to drop AK-47 rifles, hand grenades and other arms and ammunition seized in Punjab's Tarn Taran district, the BSF, which mans the international border, is yet to confirm the police's claims.
Police sources said eight drones were used in this operations, which lasted around 20 days from August 23.
A BSF spokesperson said, “I can neither confirm nor deny it. The NIA is investigating (the case). We are also investigating internally.”
According to police sources, the arrested accused – Balwant Singh, alias Baba; Akashdeep Singh, alias Akash Randhawa; Harbhajan Singh and Balbir Singh — received drones with weapon consignment near the border village of Rajoke village in Tarn Taran between August 23 and September 12.
These drones, sources said, flew over the border and flew back after dropping consignments at Rajoke.
For nearly 20 days, the four reportedly moved in the district with around 80 kg weapons — these include five AK-47 rifles (with 16 magazines and 472 rounds of ammunition), four Chinese-made .30-bore pistols (with eight magazines and 72 rounds of ammunition), nine hand grenades, five Thuraya satellite phones along with ancillary equipment, two mobile phones and wireless sets each, and…
