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Arms, ammunition recovered from militant hideout in Poonch: BSF
Poonch: Border Security Force and Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday busted a militant hideout in Mandi area of Poonch district in Jammu region, officials said.
BSF BUSTS MILITANT HIDEOUT IN POONCH, JAMMU
On specific int, troops of BSF, RR SOG Mandi busted a militant hideout in area under PS Mandi and recovered 01 AK-47 Rifle, 03 Chinese Pistols, Kenwood radio set, grenades and ammunition. Search is in progress.#JaiHind
#AjeyaPrahari pic.twitter.com/XPzwMazD23— BSF (@BSF_India) January 23, 2021
Officials said that on specific intelligence information, a party led by Deputy Commandant of BSF comprising BSF, Army RR and SOG of police launched an operation in a forest area in Hadiguda village falling under Police Station Mandi.
In Operation, BSF said that a militant hideout was busted while arms and ammunition have been recovered.
The recovery includes one AK-47 Rifle, three AK magazines, 82 AK rounds, three Pistol Chinese, five Pistol magazines, 33 Pistol ammunition, four Hand Grenades, one UBGL grenade and one Set Kenwood type.
Officials further stated that search operation is still going on in the area.
On specific intelligence, troops of BSF detected a 150m long & 30 ft deep tunnel today during an Anti-Tunneling drive in area of Pansar, Jammu. This is the 4th tunnel detected by BSF in last 6 months in Samba, Hiranagar & Kathua area & 10th in Jammu Region.#JaiHind pic.twitter.com/msrCPxXHAa
— BSF (@BSF_India) January 23, 2021
Meanwhile, BSF said that it detected yet another ‘infiltration tunnel’ along the International Border (IB) in Hiranagar sector of Kathua district in Jammu division.
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