Jammu, Feb 25 (KNS): Security forces have busted a militant hideout in Kasbalari village of Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and recovered a cache of arms and explosives, officials said on Wednesday.
Acting on specific inputs, joint teams of police and security forces launched a search operation in the area and unearthed the hideout, they said.
During the operation, the forces recovered a 4.5-kg improvised explosive device (IED), a smaller IED, two Chinese grenades, a 9 mm pistol with two rounds, 22 rounds of 7.
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The timely recovery of the explosives is believed to have averted a potential threat to security in the border district, they said.
The recovered material has been seized and taken for further investigation. A case has been registered and further probe is underway to ascertain the intended targets and those involved in the concealment of the arms and explosives, the officials said.(KNS).