BSF recovers cache of arms near Indo-Pak border in Punjab

The weapons are suspected to have been smuggled in from Pakistan.

August 23, 2022 11:00 am | Updated October 28, 2022 09:55 am IST - New Delhi/Jalandhar

BSF personnel during a patrol along the India-Pakistan border in Ferozepur sector of Punjab. File photo

BSF personnel during a patrol along the India-Pakistan border in Ferozepur sector of Punjab. File photo | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy

The Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered a cache of assault weapons, suspected to have been smuggled from across the border, during a patrol along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab on Tuesday, August 23, 2022.

Three AK series rifles along with six magazines, 2 M3 sub-machine guns with four magazines and two pistols along with two magazines were unearthed by the personnel of the border force from the Ferozepur sector in the early hours, officials said.

The weapons are suspected to have been smuggled in from Pakistan, they said.

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