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Army seizes 6 pistols, 23 grenades and over 1,200 rounds of ammunition in J&K’s Rampur

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: September 2, 2020 10:15 IST

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Multiple recoveries of arms and ammunitions were made by the Indian Army along the Line of control in Rampur sector.
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After intense 7-hour search, 5 AK series rifles, 6 pistols, 23 grenades and more than 1200 rounds of ammunition were recovered.
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Indian Army GOC of 19 Infantry division, Major General Virendra Vats, said, “Pakistan's modus operandi is to dump weapons close to LoC, thereafter, they task OGWs to smuggle these weapons into Kashmir.
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We have been successful in defeating Pakistani designs and impact is being felt by terrorist who are unable to get advanced weapons.”
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'On August 30, our troops along the LoC detected suspicious movement. Search parties were launched on August 31. After 7 hours of search on the same day, we recovered huge quantities of arms, and ammunition in the Rampur sector along the LoC,' Virendra Vats, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 19th Division, Baramulla told .
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Colonel Kalia said that a search was started in the area the next morning and after a thorough search for seven hours, a stockpile of weapons and a large quantity of ammunition were recovered. It was recovered from a highly hidden hideout in Rampur sector.
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Among the weapons recovered were five AK rifles, six pistols, 21 grenades, two UBGL grenades and two Kenwood radio sets and an antenna.
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A terrorist hideout was also traced in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir and a large quantity of arms and ammunition were also seized from there.
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The police, army and Border Security Force (BSF) had launched a joint search operation at Kanetar Top after receiving intelligence in this regard, a police official said.
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The official said five cartridges and 50 rounds of ammunition along with two Chinese pistols, five AK cartridges and 270 rounds of ammunition, two wireless sets and other weapons including four Chinese grenades were recovered from here. However, no arrests were made during the operation and final reports were received.
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