Pakistan continues to use Chinese drones to drop narcotics and arms along the Punjab border, BSF data shows.

The DJI Mavic 3 classic drone, with a pistol without a slide and barrel, recovered two magazines in a search operation near Village Kalash in Tarn Taran District, Punjab. May 16, 2025. Photo: x/@bsf_punjab

Although India and Pakistan have vigils on land and in the air after halting military operations on May 10, Pakistan continues to place narcotics and weapons on India with the help of Chinese drones, a recovery from the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police Department.

On May 10, before the suspension was announced in the evening, based on specific information, the BSF took back yellow bags near the village of Amritsar, Punjab, Punjab, which borders Pakistan. BSF officials said the package was accompanied by an impromptu metal wire ring, indicating it was discarded by the drone.

The package contains 2.7 kg of premium explosives, two grenades with accessories, two pistols, four magazines, 30 live ammunition, two explosives and an improvised explosive device (IED) circuit.

“While the situation at the border is getting higher and higher, cross-border weapons groups have not stopped their malicious designs from pushing weapons to Indian soil,” BSF officials said.

On May 11, amid blackouts, when several areas in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat were reportedly swarmed with armed drones from Pakistan despite the pause on military operations, the BSF recovered a “DJI Mavic 3 Classic” drone from a field adjacent to Gola Dola village of Gurdaspur in Punjab, and another drone of the same make along with a pistol.

On the same day, BSF personnel recovered 559 grams of heroin from a farmland near the village of Rajatar in Amritsar.

On May 12, around 11:20 a.m., BSF recovered another Chinese-made drone from a field near Nishoke Village in Amritsar.

Subsequently, on May 14, the BSF recovered the pistol, a drone and a pack of heroin in three different incidents along Amritsar, Ferozepur and Guldaspur on the Punjab border.

On May 15, BSF took back another “DJI Mavic 3 Classic” drone from Tarn Taran of Punjab. “The drone was believed to have fallen due to technical interventions in electronic countermeasures deployed on the border,” the BSF said.

From May 15 to 16, BSF troops observed suspicious activity in the Ferozepur border area and after inspection, they recovered the “Dji Mavic 3 Classic” drone, a pistol and two magazines, from a farm in Kalash village in Tarn Taran district.

In 2024, the BSF occupied 294 drones along the Punjab border, doubled the previous year’s figure.