Arms, explosives recovered from militant hideout in Poonch

War-like stores were recovered, after a search operation was launched by a joint team of the Army and Police

Busting a major militant hideout, the security forces have recovered huge quantity of arms and explosive devices from Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Acting on a specific information, a joint team of Army and Police launched a search operation in general area of Salani in Poonch district yesterday and recovered war-like stores, a defence spokesman said today.

The arms and ammunitions recovered from hideout include - three IED Cylinder (3 kg each), bottle-shaped IED 500 gms, two AK magazines, 112 rounds of AK, one Chinese grenade, 41 PIKA ammunition, one broken radio set, two Pakistan currency notes (50+10), one Telenor sim card, two IED trigger and two meter wire, he said.

Such recovery of IEDs, arms and ammunitions will definitely act as a big blow to nefarious designs of terrorists, the spokesman said.