Two held on Jammu-Srinagar highway with huge cache of arms, ammunition

The operation was conducted based on intelligence input received from Kulgam police.

In a joint operation conducted by Jammu Kashmir Police and Indian Army on late Tuesday night, two persons were arrested near the Jawahar tunnel on Jammu - Srinagar national highway and a huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered from a truck in which the accused were travelling. The recoveries include an AK rifle, M4 rifle and six pistols.

In a joint operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF, Indian Army recovered cache of arms and arrested two people. (PTI Photo/Representative)

A senior police officer said the operation was carried out based on technical inputs from Kulgam police.

“The teams of army and the CRPF were present along with the police personnel when the vehicle in which weapons were concealed was stopped on the national highway,” the officer mentioned above said.

Army, in a tweet, said that the two suspects were arrested in a joint operation near Jawahar tunnel, Kulgam at midnight yesterday based on inputs from the police.

The truck was coming from Jammu/ Akhnoor and recoveries include an AK rifle with two magazines, one M4 US Carbine with three magazines and six Chinese pistols with 12 magazines.