New Delhi: A huge cache of weapons and drugs were recovered from a vehicle at a joint check post of the Army and the police in the Kupwara district on Sunday, according to sources.
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.
On 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.
10 kgs of brown sugar, Ak 47 rifle, 2 pistols, 20 grenades & other ammunition recovered by a joint team of Army & police during checking from Sadhna top, Kupwara in North Kashmir. 3 persons arrested, 2 vehicles seized. Some more arrests are expected: Jammu and Kashmir Police pic.twitter.com/onDKHeYuWy
— ANI (@ANI) July 26, 2020
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.
Further investigation is underway. (ANI)