Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday claimed to have recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from Hajam Mohallah, Taad Karnah in Karnah area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The cache included 10 pistols, 17 pistol magazines, 54 pistol rounds and 5 grenades.
“Acting on a specific information that a huge cache of arms and ammunition has been smuggled in from across LoC, a police team led by SHO Police Station Karnah Mudaser Ahmad and PSI Ayush Sharma, Incharge Police Post Taad Ayush Sharma along with local Army unit undertook a search operation in the general area of police post-Taad,” a police spokesman said..
“Apparently it looks like a new consignment smuggled for terrorist activities in Kashmir Valley, however timely action of Police and local Army has enabled the security forces to thwart nefarious designs of the adversary of committing innocent killings at the hands of terrorists in the valley,” the police statement added.