Pak Drops Weapons, Cash In J&K Via Drone; 3 Terrorists Arrested: Police

Jammu:

Pakistan dropped weapons and a few money in Indian foreign money utilizing a drone in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, state police chief Dilbag Singh on Saturday stated, asserting the arrest of three LeT terrorists who had picked up the consignment close to the Line of Management.

Mr Singh stated the foremost success was achieved on Friday night, following a well-coordinated joint operation by police and 38 Rashtriya Rifles in Rajouri sector of Jammu area.

“All of the three Lashker-e-Taiba terrorists had been residents of Kashmir and had come to select up the consignment, which was dropped by Pakistan on this aspect utilizing a drone,” Mr Singh, who was joined by senior police official Mukesh Singh, instructed reporters in Rajouri district.

Mukesh Singh knowledgeable this was the third profitable operation within the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch since September 11.

Earlier, an enormous consignment of arms and ammunition was recovered from two folks in Balakote sector of Poonch, three days later 11 kg of heroin price Rs 11 crore, meant to fund terrorism actions, was seized in Rajouri district.

“Pakistan and its companies all the time stay lively and are making each effort to disturb peace and legislation and order in J-Okay. It’s utilizing drones to drop weapons and narcotics and in addition push terrorists from each Rajouri and Poonch districts, which had witnessed a spurt in ceasefire violations – virtually each day,” the DGP stated.

Nonetheless, he stated the police, Military and different forces are working collectively to scuttle Pakistan’s design and to take care of peace and legislation and order within the Union Territory.

“We’re having fun with good operational synergy and the newest arrest of three LeT terrorists and seizure of an enormous cache of arms and ammunition was its consequence. We obtained details about motion of some suspicious folks and accordingly launched the cordon and search operation,” he stated.

He stated three folks had been seen transferring with a bag and had been challenged however they hurled a grenade, which fortunately didn’t explode and the trio was overpowered.

The search of the bag led to the restoration of two AK-56 rifles, two pistols, 4 grenades and Rs 1 lakh in Indian foreign money, which had smuggled from Pakistan to escalate violence, Dilbag Singh stated it got here to gentle that the consignment was dropped on this aspect of the LoC by Pakistan utilizing the drone and the trio, who hail from Kashmir, had come to select up the consignment.

“Their interrogation is underway and additional particulars will likely be shared later,” he stated.

In response to questions, he stated Pakistan is doing its greatest to revive terrorism within the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri, which falls in Jammu division and had been cleared of militancy over a decade again.

“The folks of Rajouri and Poonch are peace loving and they won’t enable Pakistan to achieve its design. There are some components with whom we’ll deal sternly,” he stated.

He termed the dropping of weapons by drones as a “huge problem” and stated that is the primary such aerial drop within the district although the same try was foiled by the Border Safety Power (BSF) alongside the Worldwide Border in Kathua district someday again.

“This can be a hilly terrain and drones simply bypass the deployment on the LoC,” he stated, including that “we’re vigilant to the risk and have taken mandatory measures”.

On the restoration of numerous US-made rifles within the current previous, Mr Singh stated “we’ve recovered such sorts of rifles like M-4 and M-16 in giant numbers up to now as effectively. These rifles are duplicate weapons manufactured in Pakistan and are being smuggled by LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists”.

Mukesh Singh stated on September 11, police and Military arrested two folks and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, together with three pistols, 11 grenades, improvised explosive gadget (IED) materials and a pen drive, irritating terrorists plan to hold out goal killings and blasts in Poonch district.

“The arrest and restoration was made out of Balakote sector of Poonch. The pen drive accommodates particulars of assembling and planting the IED,” he stated.

In one other operation on September 14, one particular person was arrested with 7 kg heroin in Rajouri and later at his disclosure yet one more arrest was made out of Kulgam district of south Kashmir.

Three residents of Poonch had been additionally arrested and their questioning led to the restoration of 4 kg of heroin from the identical spot from the place the sooner consignment of seven kg was dumped after smuggling from throughout the border, he stated.