Poonch: A huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered in a joint operation by the police and the army from an underground terrorist hideout in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
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Acting on a tip-off, a joint search operation was launched by the Special Operation Group (SOG) Poonch under the leadership of Poonch SSP Dr Vinod Kumar and DSP operation Munish Sharma in association with the local army unit in the Qasba village of Poonch near the LoC.
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The search operation lasted for hours and one AK-56 rifle, one magazine of AK-56, 30 rounds of ammunition of AK, two Chinese pistols and one Pistol magazine was recovered.
Police said that an FIR has been registered under relevant sections and a probe has been initiated.
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