J&K police find weapons cache along border

Jammu and Kashmir police and army have recovered two pistols, seventy pistol rounds and two grenades kept in bushes on LoC in Dabbi village of Balakote sector in Mendhar subdivision.

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): Security forces recovered arms, ammunition and explosive materials from a militant hideout in Dabbi village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said.

The recoveries were made based on the disclosure of militant associates arrested on Sunday.

The arms and ammunition were kept there by militant handlers from Pakistan and have been recovered on the disclosure of three militant associates arrested on Sunday.

SSP Poonch Ramesh Angral said that during questioning of arrested militant associate Yaseen Khan, some vital clues on his confession were developed after which a team of police headed by Sub Divisional Police Officer Mendhar Zaheer Jafri along with army launched an operation in the area of Dabbi and recovered a consignment of arms and ammunition kept in a polythene bag in bushes.

"Two pistols, seventy bullets and two grenades have been recovered so far and more searches are going on." SSP Poonch Ramesh Angral added.

He further said that militant outfits were trying to target religious places of Poonch but their nefarious designs have been foiled by army and police.

Security forces recovered arms, ammunition and explosive materials from a militant hideout in Dabbi village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said.

with agency inputs