At least seven kg of heroin, worth Rs 35 crore, was recovered in a joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) here, a BSF official said on Saturday.
The heroin was in seven sealed packets.
"Based on a specific input, a special joint search operation was carried out in the Border Out Post area of Kakkar in the Amritsar sector in between the border fence and the International Border, " BSF Deputy Inspector General R. S. Kataria said.
"During search, seven packets (weight about seven kg) were recovered, " he said.
Punjab shares a 553 - km long International Border with Pakistan.