Three packets, each containing one kg of heroine with street value of 15 crore was seized by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel near Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur on saturday morning.
The packets were hidden in a tyre tube which was covered with water hyacinth, News agency PTI quoted BSF official as saying.
The BSF recovered heroin near Shameke border outpost at 7 am, while patrolling the Sutlej river area in a boat.
Street value of a drug is the price for which it is sold illegally to its users.
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