Arms, ammunition recovered from militant hideout in poonch

Security forces have busted a militant hideout and recovered arms and ammunition in forest area of poonch district in the state, defence sources said in Jammu today.

Security forces have busted a militant hideout and recovered arms and ammunition in forest area of poonch district in the state, defence sources said in Jammu today.

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The forces launched search operations in the forest area of Nar-Mankote in the border district on Thursday and busted a militant hideout, they said.

The recoveries from the hideout included one AK rifle with three magzines and 150 rounds, two Pakistani made pistols with two magzines and ten rounds, six hand-grenades, three RDX packets, ten detonators and a radio set, they said.

However, no militant could be be nabbed out in the operation, they added.