Troops of the Indian Army's White Knight Corps, working with the Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K Police, recovered a cache of weapons and warlike stores hidden inside a natural cave in the Satarban (Satharban) forest of Poonch district on Tuesday.
According to media reports, the recovered items include one AK-47 rifle, one magazine, 30 rounds of ammunition and six hand grenades. The grenades were later destroyed on the spot by a Bomb Disposal Team. Security forces also found medical supplies such as bandages and medicines, along with a backpack, dry fruits and chana, batteries and a torch.
#𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗞𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘀 | #𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦 Acting on 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀 from own sources and @JmuKmrPolice, troops of #WhiteKnightCorps, in coordination with #SOG Poonch, launched a 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in the Satarban Forest area of #Poonch, resulting in the recovery of 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 concealed inside a natural cave. 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪. We Serve, We Protect! @adgpi | @NorthernComd_IA | @SpokespersonMoD | @prodefencejammu | @PRODefLko | @PRODefPrayagraj | @PRODefDehradun | @PRODefPune | @PRODefKohima | @PRO_Vizag | @ProDefKolkata
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No militants were present at the site, and no arrests have been made. The cave is suspected to have been used as a hideout to conceal the stores. The area falls in the Sajwan sector of Surankote, in the border district of Poonch along the Line of Control. Some reports say the operation involved the Rashtriya Rifles battalion of the Surankote sector.
Separate search operations were also under way in the higher reaches of Majalta and Billawar in the Udhampur and Kathua districts after reports of suspicious movement. Army troops, including para commandos, and police are involved, and no contact has been reported so far. In the Basoni area of Poonch's Mendhar sector, troops also detected and safely destroyed two rusted landmines near the border fence during track construction work.
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