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Punjab borders favourite route of Pak arms smugglers: Data

The Tribune | 06/02/2022 09:04 AM | Click to read full article

According to the data shared by the BSF reveals that in Punjab, there were only seven cases of arms haul in 2019, which shot up hugely to 42 in 2020 and continued an upward trend in 2021 with 58 cases.

A BSF officer said in January, troopers guarding the border reported three such cases. The data reveals there were only 11 cases of arms haul from border areas of Jammu and Kashmir under the jurisdiction of the BSF in 2021. No such case has been reported from there this year so far. 

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