Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 16: A suspected Pakistani drone was seen hovering along the International Border (IB) near Kanachak, prompting security forces to launch a massive search operation to check if it had dropped anything inside the Indian territory.
However, nothing suspicious was found during the search operation, which was led by SDPO Domana Kosheen Koul.
This comes two days after a Pakistani drone dropped an AK-47 rifle, a pistol and some ammunition along the IB in Samba district.
The suspected Pakistani drone was seen hovering in Kanachak sector here late on Saturday night. Some residents saw a streak of yellow light in the skies for quite some time before it vanished in the darkness, officials said.
A search, which began at 5:30 am on Sunday, was carried out by joint teams of Army, Border Security Force (BSF) and police in a vast area between Panch Talli and Laliyal, about 1,500 meters from the IB, sources said.
“A massive search operation was carried out in Kanachak sector after the suspected movement of the drone but nothing objectionable was recovered during the operation,” they added.
Security forces along the border are on high alert to scuttle any attempt by Pakistan to push in militants or weapons and narcotics into India, he said.
On various occasions over the past year, the BSF and the police have also recovered large quantities of arms and ammunition including sticky bombs dropped into the Indian territory by Pakistani drones.
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