5kg of RDX recovered in Poonch

Security forces have recovered five kg of RDX and other explosives in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Security forces have recovered five kg of RDX and other explosives in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said in Jammu on Thursday.

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On a specific information, police and Rashtriya Rifle troops launched a search operation in loran area of Poonch district on Wednesday, they said, adding during the search they recovered five kg of RDX and six black tubes filled with explosives from a hideout.

In another incident, the troops busted another militant hideout in Sanjiot area of the same district and recovered one remote control IED circuit and 30 pencil cells, they said.