JAMMU — A border resident was arrested with two foreign-made pistols in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday.
They said Sachin Kumar, a resident of Sair village near the Line of Control, was taken into custody by an Army patrolling party from Raipur village in the Nowshera sector late on Wednesday night.
Two pistols — one made in Turkey and another in China — were recovered from his possession along with four magazines and 15 rounds of ammunition.
A case has been registered against Kumar and further investigation is underway.
Preliminary interrogation revealed that the accused had allegedly received the consignment from across the border and was tasked with delivering it to another person when he was intercepted by the patrolling party. Efforts are on to ascertain the intended recipient of the weapons and to trace the wider cross-border network, officials said.
Meanwhile, security forces have launched a search operation in the Marlog and Lodra forests in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur district following inputs about the movement of three suspected terrorists. The operation was underway when last reports came in. — (PTI)