Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 11: Army in Baramulla today apprehended a person and recovered cache of arms and ammunition from his possession and recovered a live grenade from Srinagar.
An Army spokesman said that based on specific intelligence input regarding presence of cache of arms in Trikolbal area near Pattan, a joint search operation was launched by Army and police today morning.
“During the search, cache of arms and ammunition which includes four 12 bore rifles, 550 grams gunpowder, 100 grams pellets and other parts used for manufacturing of weapons along with 10 fired cartridges and one live cartridge was recovered,” the spokesman said, adding, he has been handed over to the police.
Police today claimed that its bomb disposal team disposed a grenade, which was lying unexploded in Ahmad Nagar in Soura here.
A police spokesman said a live grenade was spotted at Shadaab Colony in Ahmad Nagar where an encounter took place two weeks ago.
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