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A search operation was launched on Friday in the general area of Hathlanga Nala which lasted for eight hours and ended with the recovery of arms, ammunition and war-like material. (Image for representation: File photo)
The seizures were made at a time when there was great desperation on the Pakistani side to infiltrate terrorists or smuggle war-like goods into Kashmir as the number of militants and arms and ammunition in the Valley was at an all-time low.
A huge cache of arms and ammunition and “war-like material”, including AK-74 rifles, hand grenades of Pakistani origin and balloons bearing ‘I Love Pakistan’ symbols, were recovered along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector. An army officer in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir gave this information on Sunday.
He said the seizures were made at a time when there is great desperation on the Pakistani side to infiltrate terrorists or smuggle war-like goods into Kashmir, as the number of terrorists and arms and ammunition in the Valley was at an all-time low. . ,
Giving details, Major General Ajay Chandpuria, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Army’s 19 Infantry Division, shared intelligence received from multiple intelligence agencies over a period of two weeks about infiltration attempts and dumping of war-like stores by terrorists in Hathlanga area. Said on the basis of information. Several ambushes and search operations were carried out along the LoC in Rampur sector of Uri.
They said a search operation was launched in the general area of Hathlanga Nala on Friday which lasted for eight hours and ended with the recovery of arms, ammunition and war-like material.
The seizures included eight AK-74 rifles, 24 AK-74 rifle magazines, 560 7.62 mm AK-74 live ammunition, 12 .30 mm Chinese pistols, 24 Chinese pistol magazines, 244 .30 mm pistol live ammunition, nine Chinese hand grenades. , including five Pakistanis. Original hand grenades, 81 balloons with “I love Pakistan” written on them, and five synthetic gunny pieces with Pakistani markings, the army official said.
“Situation is normal in Kashmir Valley as the number of terrorists and availability of war like stores is always less. So, there is huge desperation from the other side to either infiltrate terrorists or smuggle war-like material,” he told reporters in Baramulla.
Referring to the recovery of weapons, Maj Gen Chandpuria said security forces receive such reports on a regular basis and it cannot be said whether it was an attempt by terrorists or smugglers to procure war material.
“We are still following the leads and some details cannot be shared, but a movement was picked up close to the launchpad. Probably they (terrorists) got scared and left behind the war-like facade and moved to that side.
Major General Chandpuria said that not only infiltration attempts have been made along the border, but also smuggling of war-like stores and drugs in the past.
“There are some areas like this where we have houses next to the LoC fence close to the Line of Control and such attempts are reported from time to time due to the movement of people along the Line of Control,” he said.
14 AK rifles, 20 pistols, one M16 rifle, 76 hand grenades, 1226 AK rounds, 484 9 mm rounds, 15 kg drugs and more in this sector in about 6-8 operations on or close to LoC this year That 10 more suspected drug packets have been recovered.
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