India    31-Dec-2014

India's BSF seized 361 kilograms of heroin in 2014 on the border with Pakistan in Punjab. The seizure, according to BSF officials, is worth over USD 286 million in the international market. The seizures (till December 30, 2014, are higher than the previous record of 322 kilograms recovered in 2013 along the barbed wire fenced 553-km border between India and Pakistan in Punjab. In 2012, the BSF recovered 288-kilogram heroin in the Punjab sector, comprising the frontier districts of Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, and Fazilka.

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