Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 27: Army busted a militant hideout and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Kupwara district of North Kashmir, a defence spokesman said here.
The spokesman said that continued area domination operations by troops of the frontline division in Kupwara resulted in unearthing a huge cache of arms and ammunition yesterday.
“The recoveries included two anti tank mines, 55 anti personal mines, ten hand grenades, eight flame thrower tubes, eight RPG rounds, two 105 mm artillery shells, 100 detonators,1500 rounds of AK ammunition and 35 kilograms of RDX explosive packed in 75 plastic containers”, the spokesman said.
The spokesman said: “The cache was carefully concealed behind boulders and in the thick jungles on the upper reaches of the Shamsabari towards the Line of Control.”
The spokesman said two IEDs were detected on the roads leading from Kupwara in close vicinity of the area where this cache was recovered in first fortnight of May this year.
“This is a major recovery and thwarts the nefarious designs of the terrorists to disturb the fragile peace in the Kashmir valley,” the spokesman said.
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