Security forces on Tuesday recovered a cache of weapons and ammunition dropped by a Pakistani drone through the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector of the Jammu division in the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).
It was the fifth such incident since June 20, when Border Security Force (BSF) personnel shot down a similar weapons-laden drone at Rathua in the Hiranagar sector of Kathua district.
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Pakistan, which is desperate to fuel terrorism in UT, has adopted the latest modus operandi of using drones to drop weapons, ammunition, drugs and money.
A J&K police official said a Pakistani drone dropped weapons and ammunition at Sohal Khad, a dry stream, in Pallanwala, which is about 12 kilometers (km) from the Akhnoor sector.
The weapons and ammunition were dropped into the stream and the drone flew back to Pakistani territory, he added.
He said the area was located at a crucial intersection of the LoC and the International Border (IB).
“We have recovered a packed bag containing two AK-47 assault rifles, three AK magazines, 90 AK rounds, 7.62 millimeters (mm), two pistols and pistol magazines along with bullets,” he added.
On September 19, a Pakistani drone dropped weapons and ammunition through the LoC in the Rajouri district of Jammu for three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants.
The LeT militants had come from Pulwama in the Kashmir Valley via the Mughal highway and had picked up the shipment before the security forces arrested them.
The militants have been identified as Rahil Bashir alias Ayaan Bhai (20) from Tickan in Pulwama; Amir Jaan alias Hamza (25) from Kakapora in Pulwama; and Hafiz Younus Wani alias Zubair (19) from Shopian.
Security forces had seized two AK-56 assault rifles, six AK magazines with 180 rounds of ammunition, two Chinese-made pistols, three pistol magazines with 30 rounds of bullets, four grenades and 1 lakh of rupees in cash from the trio. arrested.
Dilbagh Singh, Director General of Police (DGP), J&K, said that while detecting weapons dropped via drones in mountainous areas was a challenging task, security forces were taking countermeasures to thwart nefarious designs by Pakistan-based subversive elements. .
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