| Jammu |
Updated: October 15, 2020 1:45:12 am
The drone that was downed in June this year.
Wednesday morning's seizures of material allegedly used in an airdrop of arms and ammunition in Rasana village, in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, has left the security officials worried. Besides the increase in instances of weapons-drop through drones from Pakistan, they are also concerned about the distance from the international border and the Line of Control (LoC) where these drops were reported.
At least four cases of arms drop have come to notice, all allegedly using Pakistani drones, including the attempt on June 20, when BSF personnel shot down a drone in Kathua ditrict's Hiranagar sector, along the international border, and recovered arms and ammunition.
According to information, officials of the Special Operation Group of J&K on Wednesday seized from an abandoned field nearly 200-250 metres of nylon rope, allegedly used to pack weapons dropped by drone, a shaving blade, and a marker fitted on a pistol.
The seizures were made in the presence of the local tehsildar and the patwari concerned, sources said.
The SOG team, it is learnt, was led to the drop site near Rasana village by two arrested men, alleged to be associates of Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, who were…
