Jammu and Kashmir: Grenades with Chinese markings, weapons drugs recovered from vehicle in Kupwara
Srinagar: During an operation, the Indian Army and the police have recovered a huge cache of weapons, which include six grenades with Chinese markings, and drugs from a vehicle at a joint check post in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.
Sources told ANI that teams of 7 Rashtriya Rifles and the Kupwara police had stopped a vehicle for checking at Sadna Top, which was being driven by Umar Sheikh, a resident of Hajinagar.
While searching the vehicle, the security forces found one AK-56 rifle with two magazines, two pistols along with four magazines, 76 rounds of rifle ammunition and 90 rounds of pistol ammo.
Six grenades with Chinese markings, six blue-plastic grenades, and eight OG plastic grenades were also recovered along with approximately 10 kilogram of packets containing narcotics, the sources added.
An investigation into the matter is currently underway.
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