Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 18: Troops of Rashtriya Rifles, Territorial Army and Chasana police today recovered a consignment of arms and ammunition from Kalaban forests in Makhni Dhar area of Chasana in Reasi district.
Reports said the Army and police carried out joint search operation in Kalaban forests this morning after developing specific inputs about dump of arms and ammunition. After more than two days long search operation, they recovered the consignment from the forests.
The seizure included one AK-56 rifle, one AK-56 magazine, 60 rounds of ammunition of AK 56, 14 rounds of ammunition of Pika gun and one Chinese hand grenade.
The joint search operation along with police and troops of Territorial Army was launched on April 17. The search party cordoned off the area after reaching the site and recovered the cache after a tough march for over seven hours in rugged mountainous terrain, reports said.
They added that the troops of Samote based Rashtriya Rifles battalion have been relentlessly carrying out operation in the area to break the backbone of terrorism.
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