Arms, ammunition seized in J&K

Army, State police search Rajouri-Reasi belt during ‘Operation Clean-up’

August 06, 2017 09:23 pm | Updated 09:23 pm IST - Jammu

Army men and J&K policemen with the huge cache of arms and ammunition seized during a joint operation in Rajouri on Sunday.

Army men and J&K policemen with the huge cache of arms and ammunition seized during a joint operation in Rajouri on Sunday.

A joint team of the Army and Jammu and Kashmir police has seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including two AK assault rifles and explosives during an operation in Rajouri.

During the ‘Operation Clean-up’, the security personnel searched the hills and natural caves in the Rajouri-Reasi belt with the help of sniffer dogs.

The team of the Rashriya Rifles and police has seized a cache of arms, including one AK-47 rifle, one AK-56 rifle, a Chinese pistol, two RPG rounds, five hand grenades, two magazines and 639 rounds of ammunition in the Kalakote area of the district on Saturday, an officer said.

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