Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a smuggler in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday and recovered 10 kilogram heroin worth `50 crore in the international market.
BSF official said that after a brief encounter with Pakistani intruders, a search was carried out in which the body of a smuggler, a Samsung Mobile loaded with Pakistani sim card and one German made .30 m.m caliber automatic loaded pistol were found on the spot besides 10 kilogram heroin which were smuggled from Pakistan to India.
The Incident took place at Khemkaran sector, located in Tarn Taran district.
The deceased was identified later as smuggler Kuldip Singh Bhura alias Nihang, resident of Khemkaran area.
BSF official said that dead smuggler had earlier contested MC Elections unsuccessfully.
They said the smuggler had come to Indo-Pak border to retrieve drug consignment as he had prior intimation about the arrival time of Pakistani smugglers through the SIM.
Officials found blood strains at the spot where firing took place and the blood trail was going towards Pakistan side, indicating that the smugglers from Pakistan were severely wounded.