JAMMU: In a joint anti-insurgency operation, Army and J&K Police Saturday recovered a huge caché of arms and ammunition, including one improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a tiffin box, and photographs of the Line of Control (LoC) from a terrorist hideout in Reasi district.
The cordon and search operation was launched by Reasi police and 58 RR following reliable inputs regarding the presence of a hideout in Lancha area of Mahore subdivision area.
The recovery included one tiffin IED with two electric detonators, two pistols with magazines, four pictures of LoC, 19 rounds of pistol, 400 grams of explosive powder, 40 rounds of AK-47, five rounds sixer pistol, one electric detonator, six (9 volt) DC batteries, two lithium ion 12 volt batteries, two bundles of 40-metre electric wire, 5-metre plastic rope, one steel plate, steel glass, a bag and three torn bedsheets, police said.
Reasi SSP Mohita Sharma said on Saturday evening that the operation was still going on.
The cordon and search operation was launched by Reasi police and 58 RR following reliable inputs regarding the presence of a hideout in Lancha area of Mahore subdivision area.
The recovery included one tiffin IED with two electric detonators, two pistols with magazines, four pictures of LoC, 19 rounds of pistol, 400 grams of explosive powder, 40 rounds of AK-47, five rounds sixer pistol, one electric detonator, six (9 volt) DC batteries, two lithium ion 12 volt batteries, two bundles of 40-metre electric wire, 5-metre plastic rope, one steel plate, steel glass, a bag and three torn bedsheets, police said.
Reasi SSP Mohita Sharma said on Saturday evening that the operation was still going on.