Army seizes IED, grenades, narcotics in searches along LoC in J&K's Rajouri

Indian Army personnel guarding the Line of Control (LoC) conducted search operations in Rajouri on Saturday and recovered pistols, IEDs, ammunition and narcotics in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri. Similar recoveries were made by the Handwara police in a search operation in Kupwara.

Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir):The Indian Army recovered weapons and narcotics during a few search operations that were conducted along the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday. In the first such operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, army personnel recovered two kg of narcotics, two pistols, an improvised explosive device (IED) and magazines. At around 4 pm on March 11, the army troops conducted a search operation in the Lam area of the Nowshera sector of Rajouri and recovered these weapons and drugs.

In the next search operation, army personnel foiled a narco terror bid and recovered two sophisticated pistols, two kg of narcotics and two LEDs in Naushera. Based on intelligence inputs, the Indian Army conducted operations near the LoC at Jhangar in Naushera on March 11. The operation has averted a major incident, which could have been initiated by perpetrators using the weapons and the IED, funded by the narco-terrorists, army officials said.

Earlier during the day, in another search operation conducted by the Handwara police in Shalnar Hangnikoot, arms and ammunition were recovered in the Kupwara district in north Kashmir after busting a hideout. The police said among the recoveries included, an AK 47 rifle, two magazines, 75 rounds of bullets, 10 grenades, 26 UBGLs (under barrel grenade launchers), eight UBGL boosters, two flame throwers, five rocket shells and three rocket boosters. The police registered an FIR at Vilgam police station and launched a probe.

These recoveries were made on the same day when the Border Security Force (BSF) shot at a Pakistani drone, which entered the Indian territory after crossing the border and recovered three packets of heroin weighing 3.055 kg in Amritsar. The drone, however, managed to return to Pakistan after dropping the packets.