Amritsar, Apr 8 (UNI) BSF troopers apprehended an alleged smuggler and seized a packet of narcotics as also a pistol from Punjab's Amritsar district on Monday, an official said.
The troopers observed movement of some suspected persons at around 2-10 AM in a wheat field near village Dhanoe Khurd, chased the miscreants and successfully apprehended one person. The other suspects managed to escape by taking advantage of darkness.
A BSF spokesman said a mobile phone was recovered from the apprehended person, a resident of village Wan in Tarn Taran district.