10 kg RDX, arms recovered in J&K

The recoveries included 10 kg of RDX, one pika gun, four detonators, 129 rounds of AK ammunition and 14 grenades.

Security forces smashed two terrorist hideouts and recovered arms and explosives, including 10 kg of RDX, in Doda and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said in Jammu on Friday.

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On a tip-off, security forces launched a search operation and busted a militant hideout at Pathalan area of Ramban tehsil in Doda district, they said adding the terrorists fled leaving behind the arms cache.

The recoveries from the hideout included 10 kg of RDX, one pika gun, four detonators, 129 rounds of AK ammunition and 14 grenades.

Another hideout was smashed by troops in Kanthal Masuta area of Rajouri district and one 12 bore gun was recovered from it, they said.