Rajouri: J&K Police, Army bust terror hideout, seize large cache of arms

 Jammu and Kashmir Police and Army's 38 Rashtriya Rifles on Wednesday busted a terrorist hideout in Rajouri district's Thanamandi area and recovered a large cache of weapons.

During a cordon and search operation, arms and ammunition including one Pika gun with 168 rounds, one Chinese pistol, two AK 47 mag and two under-barrel grenade launchers (UBGL) were recovered from spot. Also seized were eight ammunition belts one antenna and one tape recorder.

"Alertness of troops and synergy among security forces thwarted nefarious designs of anti-national elements," a defence spokesperson said on Twitter.

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This comes after police seized 240 kilogram of poppy from two Punjab-bound trucks on Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Tuesday night, officials said. drivers of se trucks were arrested following seizure, y said. A police team on routine checking intercepted two trucks coming from Kashmir at Jhajjar Kotli area, officials said.

During ir checking, team found two bags carrying poppy and concealed in special containers in trucks, y said. In this connection, two FIRs were registered at Police Station Jhajjar Kotli and furr investigation is in progress, officials said. drivers, identified as Pappu Massih and Virender Singh of Bilaspur in Uttar Pradesh, were arrested and trucks seized, y said.

Jaish terrorist killed

Last week, security forces neutralised a top Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander Waleed Bhat alias Lambu along with two or terrorists. joint operation was carried out by 9 Rashtriya Rifles, 18 Battalion of CRPF and J&K Police’s SOG in Chimmer area of Kulgam District. killing of Waleed undoubtedly is a huge success as IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar puts it. Republic TV has accessed case file of Pakistani backed terrorist who had crossed over along with 12 or terrorists in 2018 and has been active since n. 

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