Indian officials claims that the Border Security Force (BSF) has detected a tunnel just beneath the India-Pakistan international border fence in Jammu on Saturday.
The tunnel, about 50 metres from the border fence on the Indian side, was located by a BSF patrol on Thursday in the Samba sector of Jammu.
The force later examined the tunnel and found plastic sandbags on its mouth that had “Pakistani markings” on them, officials claims.
The tunnel, as per sources, has a depth of about 25 feet at the opening and the border force has launched a mega search operation along the IB in this area to detect any other such clandestine structure that can aid smugglers to cross over from the Pakistan side and also help in smuggling of arms and narcotics.
About 8-10 plastic sandbags that have ‘Karachi and Shakargarh’ written on them have been recovered from the opening of the tunnel and the bags have a manufacturing and expiry date embossed on them indicating they were manufactured recently, officials said.
The nearest Pakistani border post is about 400 meters from the tunnel, they said.
