Army fires at UAV near LoC in Jammu & Kashmir’s Rajouri, seizes arms and ammo

JAMMU: Alert Army troops opened fire at an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone/quadcopter) spotted hovering along the Line of Control (LoC) in Noushera sector of J&K’s Rajouri district late Thursday. A cache of arms and ammunition was seized from the area during a subsequent search the next morning, officials said.

The UAV was seen in Sehar, a forward village near the LoC under the jurisdiction of Bhawani-Noushera police post. The sector is manned by the Army’s Mangla Brigade. “Army personnel deployed at the forward post fired a few rounds at the UAV, following which it disappeared. It is being ascertained if the UAV was shot down or returned to its place of origin,” said an official.

Early Friday, a joint team of the Army and local police initiated a cordon-and-search operation in the area where the UAV was spotted and seized a pistol, 37 pistol rounds and two loaded pistol magazines, the official said, adding that further searches were underway.


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