Chandigarh, June 6 (TNS): Some of the world’s biggest tech companies are still experimenting with using drones to deliver books and pizzas to your doorstep. But heroin smugglers seem to be already airdropping their contraband on Indo-Pak border with the help of drones, Indian media reported on Wednesday.

Times of India quoting sources in the intelligence wing of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) confirmed that recently smugglers were found using a drone in a border village in Gurdaspur.

A plastic bag, believed to be packed with narcotic substances, was tied to the drone and was flying at a height of around 200 metres.

“When detected, the drone allegedly flew back into Pakistan without delivering its package, but it was enough to alert BSF authorities on the latest modus operandi of the smugglers”, the report blamed.

The drone was noticed near the border outposts of ‘Saharan’ and ‘Chandigarh’.

According to the senior BSF officials, this is the second innovative method adopted by the smugglers in recent months. Using trained scuba divers to carry contraband across the border through the riverine gaps in the Satluj and Ravi is the other method that is being tracked.