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BSF seizes 15 kg heroin along Pakistan border in Punjab
Chandigarh: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers seized a total of 15 kg heroin from two places along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab in the last 36 hours, a BSF spokesman said on Sunday.
The seized heroin is valued at Rs.75 crore in the international market.
BSF troopers seized six kg of the contraband near the Border Out Post (BOP) named MP Base in the Ferozepur sector, over 300 km from here, early on Sunday.
Smugglers from the Pakistan side were trying to push the packets through a plastic pipe along the barbed wire fence near the international border. A mobile phone with a Pakistani Sim card was also seized from the spot after a search on Sunday.
BSF troopers also seized nine kg heroin near Pulmoran Border Out Post in the Amritsar sector on Saturday.
The total seizure of heroin by the BSF along the Punjab border this year so far has crossed 213 kg, valued at over Rs.1,065 crore in the international market.
Heroin seizure in the Punjab sector in 2014 totalled 361 kg, the highest for any year.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.