JAMMU, JUNE 15: Army troops during wee hours of Thursday foiled a major infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and seized arms and ammunition among a month other things.
Sources said that two to three heavily armed militants tried to cross over to this side of the LoC. However, they were challenged by the troops and facing a strong response, they fled back to Pakistan side leaving behind some arms, ammunition among various other things.
The seizures included one AK-74, nine magazine 468 rounds (mixture of steel core and normal rounds); two 7.62 mm pistol, four magazines, sixty rounds; six Green (4 Blue, 2 Green colour); 2 CDO Daggers, two bags, two pouches; one digging shovel, one wire cutter and a pull through were recovered at the site.
Other items seized during searches included one smartphone, one Garmin Etrex 22X, one Thauraya Solar Charger with bag, one power-bank with charging cables, four AA batteries, besides Clothes including two trousers, two shirts and as many rain caps, hand-gloves, socks, swimming-goggles, undergarments, vests and masks were recovered from the site.
The search parties also recovered medicines including four syringes (Inj Sys pvt Ltd, Gadoon Amazai, Pak), eight First Aid Bandages, ten IBUPROFEN Tabs (Abbott Lab (Pak Ltd Landhi, Karachi),twenty Paracetamol tablets (GSK ltd, Karachi), four Injections Voren (Asian Continental Pvt Ltd, Karachi Pak, twenty Aceclofenac Tab (SJNG Fazul, Karachi, Pak, four Fd Dressing 10×10 cm (Dr S Pharma Industries, Chichawatni, Pak, one Betadine bottle and six bandages from the site.
Among the other miscellaneous items recovered included one packet of toffees, two packets of dry-fruits, two housewife kits, two Cellophane Tapes, two lighters, two pens and two nylon ropes (small).
