BREAKING: Army Opens Fire On Pakistani Drone Along LoC in J&K’s Rajouri

Rajouri: Army troops opened fire on a Pakistani drone near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday. The aerial threat was thwarted by alert troops of the Army. Searches have been launched in the area to rule out possibility of any weapon or narcotic dropping.

Moreover, the security forces seized a consignment of arms and ammunition suspected to have been dropped by the drone from across the Line of Control (LoC).

They said a search operation was initiated in the Nowshera area following the sighting of a suspected drone along the LoC in the Mangla battalion area.

Army units engaged the drone with gunfire, and a cordon-and-search operation was launched in the early hours of the day, the officials added.

During the search, a consignment suspected to have been by the drone was discovered and seized by Army and police personnel in the border village of Sehar in the Nowshera sub-division, they said.

The items include a pistol, two magazines and 37 bullets.

Search operations in the area are ongoing, the officials said.