The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday said it detected two drones crossing the International Border (IB) from the Pakistani side and "foiled the intrusion bid" in Jammu's Arnia Sector.
“During the early morning hours today (Saturday), two drones were observed entering from the Pakistan side and were immediately fired upon by vigilant BSF troops, which compelled their retreat to Pakistani territory,” a BSF spokesman said.
The BSF said the successful foiling of the intrusion bid "was indicative of alertness and swift retaliatory action by the BSF on a drone intrusion from Pakistani side".
The BSF spokesman said the intelligence branch was receiving inputs about possible use of drones by Pakistan to ferry arms and ammunition from Pakistan into Indian side. "The troops are on alert and the border domination was exponentially increased,” the spokesman said.
It's for the first time since Pakistan and Indian armies renewed the ceasefire agreement in February this year that such an incident was reported along the IB in J&K.
In 2020, Pakistan made several bids to ferry weapons through drones along the Line of Control (LoC) and IB in J&K.
