NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s Lahore and Narowal are two areas from where drones are being launched for entering into the Indian side of the International Borders to drop drugs, arms and ammunition, said BSF officials, while claiming that the force’s forensic labs have found that 184 drones - the highest number - originated from different areas of the two cities.
The other cites of origins of drones coming to India side include Okara, Bahawalnagar and Toba Tek Singh in Pakistan, as these cities are close to India-Pakistan, said officials.
The officials said forensic probe revealed that some drones made multiple trips before being intercepted by the border guarding troops, as data showed BSF neutralised the highest number of drones (284), while Punjab police (20), Delhi police (2) and Manipur police (1).
According to officials the BSF’s Punjab lab has handled a significant number of drones, as the force is the primary agency intercepting them. Additionally, the Delhi forensic lab has also received a total of 307 drones from 2022 to 2025.
In view of the highest-ever recovery of drones (257) this year from the India-Pakistan border and in view of suspected increased infiltration attempts, the BSF has deployed anti-drone systems to counter illicit drones, and additional battalions in an anti-infiltration role have been inducted to maintain robust domination of areas of the Jammu Frontier.
A senior BSF official said the force is also developing ‘lateral and axial’ roads for better operational and administrative movement of troops.
Giving details about the initiative taken by the BSF, he said, “New Design Fence (NDF) is proposed for the security of the border. CCTV/PTZ and bullet cameras have been installed in vulnerable patches for better surveillance of the border. Two additional Battalions in an anti-infiltration role have been inducted to maintain robust domination of depth areas of Jammu Frontier.”
“Gaps are being covered by the installation of Command & Control Centres and surveillance grids. A close liaison is established with all sister agencies in the border area and joint ops are being conducted. Anti-tunnelling exercises are being carried out,” he added.