Jammu | Mar 4
Security forces smashed two militant hideouts in Doda and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered a big cache of arms, including 51 explosive devices and 523 rounds of ammunition, official sources said today.
Acting on a tip-off, Army troops searched Sona-Gali forest belt of Poonch district last night and busted a hideout, they said. Troops recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including 18 improvised explosive devices, 23 Chinese grenades, one AK rifle with its eight magazines and 261 rounds, two pistols with its four magazines and 18 rounds, one wireless set, one rifle belt and one satellite phone, the sources said.
Army and police personnel smashed another hideout in Soil Top area in Doda district and recovered one 12-bore rifle, one double-bore gun, 174 rounds of AK rifle, 70 rounds of self-loading rifle, four magazines of AK and other rifles, one IED and 190 kgs of ration.
However, no one was arrested from the two hideouts, they said.
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