Terrorist hideout busted in J&K's Poonch, huge cache of arms seized

Security forces busted a terrorist hideout in a village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. The police seized arms and ammunition from the hideout included two AK-47 assault rifles with two magazines and 63 rounds.

Jammu: Security forces busted a terrorist hideout in a village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district and seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition, officials said on Monday. The hideout was unearthed during a joint search operation by the army and police in Noorkote village, the officials said.

They said the arms and ammunition seized from the hideout included two AK-47 assault rifles with two magazines and 63 rounds, one 223 bore AK shape gun with handgrip, its two magazines and 20 rounds and one Chinese pistol with a magazine and four rounds. However, no one was arrested during the operation which was carried out late Sunday evening based on a specific information, the officials said.