<p>The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday recovered over four kilograms of RDX, a pistol and bomb-making items dropped in two packets by a drone that flew from Pakistan into an Indian farm along the Punjab border.</p>.<p>A spokesperson of the paramilitary force said troops fired after they heard a "buzzing sound of a suspected flying object coming from the Pakistani side to the Indian side" around 1 am in the Panjgrain area of the Gurdaspur sector.</p>.<p>A search was later conducted in the wheat farms of Ghaggar and Singhoke villages along the border and the BSF party recovered two yellow-coloured packets, lying about 20 m apart embedded in the wet soil, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/two-terror-modules-busted-in-jks-anantnag-1079591.html" target="_blank">Two terror modules busted in J&K's Anantnag</a></strong></p>.<p>Initially, it was thought that the packets may be containing narcotics but when they were opened, about 4.7 kg RDX, a China-made pistol, two magazines with 22 bullets, three electronic detonators, a timer device, detonating cords (cordtex wire), splinters, cells, steel container, nylon thread, plastic pipe, packing material and Rs 1 lakh cash were recovered, he said. </p>.<p>An official said the recovered items are used to make RDX powered improvised explosive devices (IEDs) or bombs like the ones recently used in a Ludhiana court in December last year and the one found in the Ghazipur flower market in Delhi last month.</p>.<p>RDX or research department explosive is a black coloured military-grade explosive.</p>.<p>The drone that dropped the packets about 2.7 kilometres into the Indian side from the border fence is suspected to have escaped to the Pakistani side, he added.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday recovered over four kilograms of RDX, a pistol and bomb-making items dropped in two packets by a drone that flew from Pakistan into an Indian farm along the Punjab border.</p>.<p>A spokesperson of the paramilitary force said troops fired after they heard a "buzzing sound of a suspected flying object coming from the Pakistani side to the Indian side" around 1 am in the Panjgrain area of the Gurdaspur sector.</p>.<p>A search was later conducted in the wheat farms of Ghaggar and Singhoke villages along the border and the BSF party recovered two yellow-coloured packets, lying about 20 m apart embedded in the wet soil, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/two-terror-modules-busted-in-jks-anantnag-1079591.html" target="_blank">Two terror modules busted in J&K's Anantnag</a></strong></p>.<p>Initially, it was thought that the packets may be containing narcotics but when they were opened, about 4.7 kg RDX, a China-made pistol, two magazines with 22 bullets, three electronic detonators, a timer device, detonating cords (cordtex wire), splinters, cells, steel container, nylon thread, plastic pipe, packing material and Rs 1 lakh cash were recovered, he said. </p>.<p>An official said the recovered items are used to make RDX powered improvised explosive devices (IEDs) or bombs like the ones recently used in a Ludhiana court in December last year and the one found in the Ghazipur flower market in Delhi last month.</p>.<p>RDX or research department explosive is a black coloured military-grade explosive.</p>.<p>The drone that dropped the packets about 2.7 kilometres into the Indian side from the border fence is suspected to have escaped to the Pakistani side, he added.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>