Jammu, Oct 7 :
Alert troops of Border Security Force on Thursday foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons and seized arms and ammunition near international border in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
S P S Sandhu, DIG BSF, Jammu Frontier said that troops foiled a weapon smuggling attempt from across the International Border in Samba area and seized a big cache of arms and ammunition. The seizure include four pistols, eight pistol magazines and 232 rounds, said the officer. Sandhu said that there were inputs about terrorists planning to smuggle arms and ammunition from the Samba area taking advantage of wild grass and undulating terrain. Accordingly, BSF troops were alerted and the area between fencing and IB was regularly patrolled.
“This morning, the consignment was found hidden in a polythene bag near International Border in Samba area by the troops of BSF while patrolling the area,” he said.
Sudhir K Singh, DIG, Officiating IG Jammu Frontier, praised the efforts of BSF troops and said that BSF is ever vigilant on the border to thwart away the nefarious designs of anti-national elements. BSF in September last week also seized cache of arms and ammunition with fake currency along international border in Akhnoor sector. Jammu Police on Sunday recovered one Ak 47 rifle and magazines airdropped by drone in Phallian Mandal area here in the city outskirts.
